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Jul 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2577-2279.ijha-21-3869
Juli JainCorresponding author
Rotenone is well known environmental neurotoxin used to induce Parkinson’s disease (PD) model. Numerous studies are investigated its toxicity on the brain but few studies are available that examined its toxicity on the liver and kidney. Therefore, the main aim of the present work was to explore the…
Apr 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-6694.jbbs-21-3773
Snehasis JanaCorresponding author
L-tryptophan is an essential α-amino acid, necessary for the normal growth in newborns, nitrogen balance in adults, protein synthesis, precursor of serotonin, melatonin, niacin, and albeit inefficiently in human, also the precursor of indole alkaloids and auxins in plants. This current study was des…
Jun 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2377-2549.jndc-19-2765
Alireza HeidariCorresponding author
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin. Its name derives from Tetraodontiformes, an order that includes pufferfish, porcupinefish, ocean sunfish, and triggerfish; several of these species carry the toxin. Although tetrodotoxin was discovered in these fish and found in several other aquatic animal…
Sep 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-16-1293
Reginald F. BaughCorresponding author
Cyanobacteria have been implicated in the etiology of ALS for the past 50 years. The weakness of the theories of cyanobacteria or its neurotoxin, BMAA as the etiologic agent in ALS is the iniquitousness of cyanobacteria in the environment. In third world countries, clean water is far from commonplac…