Studies on the protective effects of betaine against oxidative damage during experimentally induced restraint Stress in Wistar albino rats

Cell Stress and Chaperones

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 641-652

  Ganesan, Balaraman ^a,b   Anandan, Rangasamy ^b   Lakshmanan, Pindath Thandayan ^b  

^a VINAYAKA MISSION S RESEARCH FOUNDATION DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant status; Betaine; Corticosterone; Lipid peroxidation; Restraint stress

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CATALASE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTISTRESS ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SPLEEN; THYMUS; TREATMENT DURATION; WISTAR ALBINO GLAXO RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETAINE; CATALASE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLEEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYMUS GLAND;

RATTUS;

EID: 84856228750     PISSN: 13558145     EISSN: 14661268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12192-011-0276-4     Document Type: Article

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