Effect of N-acetylcysteine administration on the expression and activities of antioxidant enzymes and the malondialdehyde level in the blood of lead-exposed workers

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 638-647

  Kasperczyk, Sławomir ^a   Dobrakowski, Michał ^a   Kasperczyk, Aleksandra ^a   Machnik, Grzegorz ^a   Birkner, Ewa ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Catalase; Gene expression; Glutathione peroxidase; Lead poisoning; N acetylcysteine; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; ENZYME; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LEAD; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; AIR POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; AIR POLLUTANT; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84896740612     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2014.01.024     Document Type: Article

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