Protective effects of taurine on glutathione and glutathione-dependent enzymes in ethanol-fed rats

Pharmazie

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 869-872

  Pushpakiran, G ^a   Mahalakshmi, K ^a   Anuradha, C V ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; TAURINE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CELL DAMAGE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; RAT; REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TAURINE;

EID: 8644293199     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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