Lactating and nonlactating rats differ to renal toxicity induced by mercuric chloride: The preventive effect of zinc chloride

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 420-428

  Favero, Alexandre M ^a   Oliveira, Cláudia S ^a   Franciscato, Carina ^a   Oliveira, Vitor A ^a   Pereira, Juliana S F ^a   Bertoncheli, Claudia M ^a   da Luz, Sônia C A ^a   Dressler, Valderi L ^a   Flores, Érico M M ^a   Pereira, Maria E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Kidney; Lactation; Mercuric chloride; Nephrotoxicity; Zinc chloride

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CREATININE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; UREA; ZINC; ZINC CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE; PROTEIN; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY NECROSIS; LACTATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC URINE LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TOXICITY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY WEIGHT; CHLORIDES; CREATININE; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LACTATION; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84903792229     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: 10990844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.3032     Document Type: Article

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