Green tea and vitamin C ameliorate some neuro-functional and biochemical signs of arsenic toxicity in rats

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 102-109

  Sárközi, Kitti ^a   Papp, András ^a   Horváth, Edina ^a   Máté, Zsuzsanna ^a   Ferencz, Ágnes ^b   Hermesz, Edit ^b   Krisch, Judit ^b   Paulik, Edit ^a   Szabó, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Arsenic; Evoked electrical activity; Neurotoxicity; Oxidative stress; Rat

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENIC; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; TEA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEA; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; EVOKED RESPONSE; FOOD HANDLING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; TOXICITY; TOXICOKINETICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ASCORBIC ACID; BRAIN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FOOD HANDLING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS, WISTAR; TEA; TOXICOKINETICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84962045271     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1476830514Y.0000000151     Document Type: Article

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