[Response of brain antioxidant defense system to acute doses of paraxaon in male rats]

ABSTRACT

Background: the toxic effects of some Organophosphates [OPs] are not limited to inhibition of cholinesterase, they are capable to produce free radicals and induce disturbance in body antioxidant systems. Paraoxon is an OP, which is the active form of parathion. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of paraxaon on oxidant-antioxidant system in rat brain tissue