Effects of flaxseed oil on lead acetate-induced neurotoxicity in rats

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 904-913

  Abdel Moneim, Ahmed E ^a   Dkhil, Mohamed A ^b   Al Quraishy, Saleh ^b  

^a Helwan University   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Flaxseed oil; Lead; Neurotransmitters; Oxidative stress; Rat

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LEAD; LEAD ACETATE; LINSEED OIL; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INDUCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GLUTATHIONE; LEAD; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; LINSEED OIL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NITRATES; NITRITES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84155165090     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9055-4     Document Type: Article

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