Taurine attenuates hepatic and cardiac damage and apoptosis in rabbits fed a high-fat diet

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-20

  Abdel Rahman, Gamal Hasan ^a,b  

^a TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Heart; Hypercholesterolemia; Liver; Rabbit; Taurine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891769840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16084217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ojbsci.2014.12.20     Document Type: Article

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