Betaine supplementation protects against renal injury induced by cadmium intoxication in rats: Role of oxidative stress and caspase-3

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 803-811

  Hagar, Hanan ^a   Al Malki, Waleed ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Betaine; Cadmium; Caspase 3; Lipid peroxidation; Nephrotoxicity; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BETAINE; CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CASPASE 3; CATALASE; CREATININE; DNA; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UREA; POLLUTANT; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; KIDNEY INJURY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPLEMENTATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; CADMIUM POISONING; DRUG EFFECTS; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BETAINE; CADMIUM; CADMIUM POISONING; CASPASE 3; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; KIDNEY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 84896058185     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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