Enhancement of radiation-induced hepatic microsomal epoxide hydrolase gene expression by oltipraz in rats

Radiation Research

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 613-620

  Nam, Seon Young ^a   Kim, Jeong Hee ^b   Cho, Chul Koo ^b   Yoo, Seong Yul ^b   Kim, Sang Geon ^a  

^a Duksung Women's University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; OLTIPRAZ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT;

EID: 0004102990     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579628     Document Type: Article

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