Role of Phase II Enzymes in the Bioactivation of 1,4-Dichlorobenzene and 1,4-Dibromobenzene

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 603-608

  Paolini, Moreno ^a,b   Pozzetti, Laura ^a   Mesirca, Renata ^a   Sapone, Andrea ^a   Silingardi, Paola ^a   Grilli, Sandro ^a   Dalla Croce, Clara ^c   Bronzetti, Giorgio ^c   Cantelli Forti, Giorgio ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

1,4 dibromobenzene; 1,4 dichlorobenzene; Enzyme induction; Glutathione S transferase; Monooxygenase

Indexed keywords

RODENTIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0000559544     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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