Low toxicity of diphenyl diselenide in rabbits: A long-term study

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-55

  De Bem, Andreza Fabro ^a   Portella, Rafael De Lima ^a   Farina, Marcelo ^b   Perottoni, Juliano ^a   Paixão, Márcio Weber ^a   Nogueira, Cristina Wayne ^a   Rocha, João Batista Teixeira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; DIPHENYL DISELENIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SUPPLEMENTATION; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84983719344     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2007.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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