Comparative analysis on the effect of Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato) in reducing cadmium, mercury and lead accumulation in liver

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2070-2073

  Nwokocha, Chukwuemeka R ^a   Nwokocha, Magdalene I ^a   Aneto, Imaria ^b   Obi, Joshua ^b   Udekweleze, Damian C ^b   Olatunde, Bukola ^b   Owu, Daniel U ^c   Iwuala, Moses O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b MADONNA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Hepatoprotection; Lead; Liver; Mercury; Tomato

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DRINKING WATER; LEAD; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM EXTRACT; MERCURY; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOMATO;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CADMIUM; LEAD; LIVER; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALE; MERCURY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RATTUS;

EID: 84860199020     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.03.079     Document Type: Article

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