Mercury chloride increases hepatic alanine aminotransferase and glucose 6-phosphatase activities in newborn rats in vivo

Cell Biology International

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 561-566

  Moraes Silva, Lucélia ^a   Bueno, Tania Maria ^a   Franciscato, Carina ^a   de Oliveira, Cláudia Sirlene ^a   Peixoto, Nilce Coelho ^a   Pereira, Maria Ester ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Gluconeogenesis; Glucose 6 phosphatase; Lactate dehydrogenase; Mercuric chloride; Young rats; Zinc chloride

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MERCURY CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHLORIDES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN; KIDNEY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASES; LIVER; MALE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84862506571     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: 10958355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CBI20100475     Document Type: Article

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