Toxic effects of lead exposure in rats: Involvement of oxidative stress, genotoxic effect, and the beneficial role of N-acetylcysteine supplemented with selenium

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-32

  Sharma, Samta ^a   Raghuvanshi, Bhanu Pratap Singh ^a   Shukla, Sangeeta ^a  

^a JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

DNA damage; Lead acetate; N acetylcysteine; Selenium

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE; LEAD ACETATE; MALONALDEHYDE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; SELENIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL DAMAGE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTOXICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY INJURY; LEAD POISONING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LEAD; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELENIUM;

EID: 84895882246     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JEnvironPatholToxicolOncol.2014009712     Document Type: Article

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