Buffalo (bubalus bubalis) epiphyseal proteins counteract arsenic-induced oxidative stress in brain, heart, and liver of female rats

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 224-229

  Bharti, Vijay K ^a,b   Srivastava, R S ^a   Sharma, B ^a   Malik, J K ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Ministry of Defence   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Brain; Buffalo epiphyseal proteins; Heart; Liver; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

BUFFALO EPIPHYSEAL PROTEIN; CATALASE; DRINKING WATER; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; PROTECTIVE AGENT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; BRAIN TOXICITY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DRUG EFFECT; EPIPHYSIS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; WATER BUFFALO;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARSENIC; BRAIN; BUFFALOES; CATALASE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HEART; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MYOCARDIUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PINEAL GLAND; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS BUBALIS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84862570129     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9245-0     Document Type: Article

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