Toxic effects of perinatal arsenic exposure on the brain of developing rats and the beneficial role of natural antioxidants

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-79

  Herrera, Amparo ^a   Pineda, Javier ^a   Antonio, María Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Arsenic; Brain; Oxidative stress; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENIC; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARSENIC; ASCORBIC ACID; BRAIN; CATALASE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; VITAMIN E; ZINC;

RATTUS;

EID: 84876730340     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2013.03.018     Document Type: Article

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