Protective effect of combined therapy with dithiothreitol, zinc and selenium protects acute mercury induced oxidative injury in rats

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 249-256

  Deepmala, Joshi ^a,b   Deepak, Mittal ^a   Srivastav, Sadhana ^a   Sangeeta, Shukla ^a   Kumar, Srivastav Ajai ^b   Kumar, Srivastav Sunil ^b  

^a JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Dimethylmercury toxicity; Dithiothreitol; Selenium; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DITHIOTHREITOL; GLUTATHIONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLMERCURY; SODIUM SELENITE; ZINC ACETATE; ANTIOXIDANT; CHELATING AGENT; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE INJURY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL PROTECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; KIDNEY; LIVER; METABOLISM; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; TOXICITY;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CHELATING AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYTOPROTECTION; DITHIOTHREITOL; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM SELENITE; ZINC ACETATE;

EID: 84879417181     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: 18783252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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