Oxidative stress and tryptophan degradation pattern of acute Toxoplasma gondii infection in mice

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1725-1730

  Engin, Ayse Basak ^a   Dogruman Al, Funda ^a   Ercin, Ugur ^a   Celebi, Bekir ^b   Babur, Cahit ^a   Bukan, Neslihan ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Refik Saydam Hygiene Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; KYNURENINE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SPLEEN; TISSUE LEVEL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIOPTERIN; KYNURENINE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMALIA; MUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84868200105     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3015-6     Document Type: Article

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