Modification of an Enzymatic Glutathione Assay for the Microtiter Plate and the Determination of Glutathione in Rat Primary Cortical Cells

Toxicology Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 223-230

  Clarke, Janet B ^a,b   Fortes, Mary Anne ^a   Giovanni, Andrew ^a   Brewster, David W ^a  

^a SANOFI   (France)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Amylin; Glutathione; Microtiter; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001244471     PISSN: 10517235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15376519609066122     Document Type: Article

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