Toxic effects of chromium (VI) by maternal ingestion on liver function of female rats and their suckling pups

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-20

  Soudani, Nejla ^a   Bouaziz, Hanen ^a   Sefi, Mediha ^a   Chtourou, Yassine ^a   Boudawara, Tahia ^b   Zeghal, Najiba ^a  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Hepatotoxicity; Histopathological studies; Potassium dichromate; Pregnant and lactating rats

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; FEMALE RAT; FEMALE WISTAR RATS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONES; HEPATIC FUNCTION; HEPATOCYTES; HEPATOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDIES; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITIES; LIVER DAMAGE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NON-PROTEIN THIOLS; POTASSIUM DICHROMATES; SOFT TISSUE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE ACTIVITIES; TOXIC EFFECT; VITAMIN C;

ALDEHYDES; CHROMIUM; OXYGEN; PEPTIDES; POTASSIUM; TISSUE;

RATS;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARCINOGEN; CATALASE; CHROMIUM; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERATOGENIC AGENT; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CHROMIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; INFILTRATION; INORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREGNANCY; RODENT; TOXICITY;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CELL DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INGESTION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SUCKLING;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATALASE; CHROMIUM; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LACTATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84871189147     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20692     Document Type: Article

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