Distinct response of lactating and nonlactating rats exposed to inorganic mercury on hepatic δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase activity

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 230-237

  Oliveira, Cláudia S ^a   Favero, Alexandre M ^a   Franciscato, Carina ^a   Da Luz, Sônia C A ^a   Pereira, Maria Ester ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lactation; Liver; Mercuric chloride; Pups; Zinc chloride

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; ZINC CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LACTATION; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; METABOLISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHLORIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LACTATION; LIVER; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84899643417     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-014-9931-9     Document Type: Article

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