Insight into the oxidative stress induced by lead and/or cadmium in blood, liver and kidneys

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 130-140

  Matović, Vesna ^a   Buha, Aleksandra ^a   Dukić Ćosić, Danijela ^a   Bulat, Zorica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Intoxication; Lead; Mixture; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CADMIUM; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LEAD; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ANTIOXIDANT;

ABSORPTION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOACIDURIA; ANEMIA; APOPTOSIS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TOXICITY; CADMIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CADMIUM POISONING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FANCONI RENOTUBULAR SYNDROME; GLUCOSURIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER TOXICITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHATURIA; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; KIDNEY; LIVER; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CADMIUM; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LEAD; LIVER; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84923328721     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2015.02.011     Document Type: Review

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