Effect of boric acid on antioxidant enzyme activity, lipid peroxidation, and ultrastructure of midgut and fat body of Galleria mellonella

Cell Biology and Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-129

  Büyükgüzel, Ender ^a   Büyükgüzel, Kemal ^a   Snela, Milena ^b   Erdem, Meltem ^a   Radtke, Katarzyna ^b   Ziemnicki, Kazimierz ^b   Adamski, Zbigniew ^b  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Boric acid; Galleria mellonella; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT BODY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; LETHALITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BORIC ACIDS; CATALASE; FAT BODY; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOTHS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMALIA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA;

EID: 84879460222     PISSN: 07422091     EISSN: 15736822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10565-013-9240-7     Document Type: Article

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