Ameliorative effect of docosahexaenoic acid on 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo- p-dioxin-induced histological changes, oxidative stress, and DNA damage in rat liver

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 687-696

  Türkez, Hasan ^a   Geyikoglu, Fatime ^a   Yousef, Mokhtar Ibrahim ^b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

antioxidant enzymes; dioxin; Docosahexaenoic acid; histopathology; liver; micronucleus assay; rat

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CATALASE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DNA DAMAGE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 84864842527     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233711420475     Document Type: Article

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