Oxidative stress and myocardial dysfunction in young rabbits after short term anabolic steroids administration

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 101-105

  Germanakis, Ioannis ^a   Tsarouhas, Konstantinos ^b   Fragkiadaki, Persefoni ^c   Tsitsimpikou, Christina ^d   Goutzourelas, Nikolaos ^e   Champsas, Maria Christakis ^c   Stagos, Demetrios ^e   Rentoukas, Elias ^f   Tsatsakis, Aristidis M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Karditsa   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d General Chemical State Laboratory   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^f KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiotoxicity; Methanabol; Oxidative stress; Rabbits; Turinabol

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CLOSTEBOL ACETATE; GLUTATHIONE; METHANDRIOL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART OUTPUT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

CARDIOTOXICITY; METHANABOL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RABBITS; TURINABOL;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; CATALASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; HEART; METHANDROSTENOLONE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RABBITS; TESTOSTERONE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 84888824747     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.03.018     Document Type: Article

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