β-Carotene Ameliorates Arsenic-Induced Toxicity in Albino Mice

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 226-233

  Das, Ruma ^a   Das, Avratanu ^a   Roy, Amrita ^a   Kumari, Uma ^a   Bhattacharya, Sanjib ^b   Haldar, Pallab Kanti ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Edward Food Research and Analysis Centre Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic toxicity; Arsenic trioxide; Oxidative stress; carotene

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA CAROTENE; BILIRUBIN; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; OXIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; KIDNEY MASS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTECTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DRUG EFFECTS; LIVER; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ARSENICALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BETA CAROTENE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CATALASE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TIME FACTORS; VITAMINS;

EID: 84925466844     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-014-0212-4     Document Type: Article

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