Protective Effects of Sodium Selenite and Vitamin E on Mercuric Chloride-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Male Rats

This study was designed to investigate the protective effects of sodium selenite and/or vitamin E against mercuric chloride-induced cardiotoxicity. Male Wistar rats (n=48, 310±10 g) were administered mercuric chloride (1.0 mg/kg bw), sodium selenite (0.25 mg/kg bw), vitamin E (100 mg/kg bw), sodium...

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Main Authors: Hatice Karaboduk, Meltem Uzunhisarcikli, Yusuf Kalender
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2015-04-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132015000200229&lng=en&tlng=en