Article
Effect of vitamins C and E on toxicity and mutagenicity of hexavalent chromium in rat and guinea pig.
Mutation research - 1 Jan 1991
Chorvatovicová D, Ginter E, Kosinová A, Zloch Z
Abstract excerpt
The effect of simultaneous pretreatment with vitamins C and E on the toxicity and mutagenicity of K2Cr2O7 in rats and guinea pigs was evaluated. Dietary pretreatment of Cr(VI)-intoxicated rats with ascorbic acid or alpha-tocopherol normalized vitamin C levels in lungs but not in kidneys. The synergistic preventive effect of both vitamins was confirmed in the production of lipoperoxides in Cr(VI)-intoxicated rats....
Topics
- Adrenal Glands
- Animals
- Ascorbic Acid
- Drug Synergism
- Guinea Pigs
- Kidney
- Liver
- Lung
- Male
- Mutation
- Potassium Dichromate
- Rats
