O-Methoxy-4-alkylphenols That Form Quinone Methides of Intermediate Reactivity Are the Most Toxic in Rat Liver Slices

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 323-327

  Thompson, David C ^a   Perera, Kumar ^a   Krol, E S ^b   Bolton, Judy L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLPHENOL; CRESOL; EUGENOL; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SCREENING; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMAL; ANISOLES; CATALYSIS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GLUTATHIONE; INDOLES; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; PHENOLS; QUINONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028930981     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx00045a001     Document Type: Article

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