Acute toxicity study of liposomal antioxidant formulations containing N-acetylcysteine, α-tocopherol, and γ-tocopherol in rats

Journal of Liposome Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-167

  Alipour, Misagh ^a   Smith, Milton G ^b   Pucaj, Kresimir ^c   Suntres, Zacharias E ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Amaox Ltd   (United States)

^c Nucro Technics   (Canada)

Author keywords

tocopherol; tocopherol; Antioxidants; Liposomes; N acetylcysteine; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; LIPOSOME;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; FEMALE; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIPOSOMES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE;

EID: 84862106110     PISSN: 08982104     EISSN: 15322394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08982104.2012.662654     Document Type: Article

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