Lung protection by a thiol-containing antioxidant: N-acetylcysteine

Respiration

Volumn 50, Issue , 1986, Pages 31-42

  Moldéus, Peter ^a   Cotgreave, Ian A ^a   Berggren, Margareta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Free radicals; Glutathione; N acetylcysteine; Oxidants; Thiol homeostasis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALEIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG THERAPY; FIBROBLAST; GLUTATHIONE DEPLETION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHARMACOKINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THERAPY;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; FREE RADICALS; GLUTATHIONE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023029952     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000195086     Document Type: Article

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