Additive pro-oxidative effects of methylmercury and ebselen in liver from suckling rat pups

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-235

  Farina, M ^a,b   Soares, F A A ^b   Zeni, G ^c   Souza, D O ^b   Rocha, J B T ^c  

^a Dep Analises Clinicas e T   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ebselen; Glutathione peroxidase; Lipid peroxidation; Liver; Methylmercury; Rat; Thiol groups

Indexed keywords

EBSELEN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID; LIVER ENZYME; METHYLMERCURY; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84984539021     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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