Effect of Acetyl-l-Carnitine on Antioxidant Status, Lipid Peroxidation, and Oxidative Damage of Arsenic in Rat

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 107-115

  Sepand, Mohammad Reza ^a   Razavi Azarkhiavi, Kamal ^b   Omidi, Ameneh ^c   Zirak, Mohammad Reza ^b   Sabzevari, Samin ^a,d   Kazemi, Ali Reza ^a   Sabzevari, Omid ^a,d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acetyl l carnitine; Antioxidants; Arsenic; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCARNITINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARSENIC; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENITE SODIUM; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; SODIUM DERIVATIVE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; MALE; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARSENITES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84941332825     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-015-0436-y     Document Type: Article

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