Interactions of melphalan with glutathione and the role of glutathione S-transferase

Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 371-374

  Awasthi, Sanjay ^a,d   Bajpai, Krishna K ^b   Piper, John T ^b   Singhal, Sharad S ^a   Ballatore, A ^c   Seifert Jr , W E ^c   Awasthi, Yogesh C ^b   Ansari, G A S ^b  

^a Division of Hematology

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ALKALOID; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MELPHALAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DECOMPOSITION; DRUG METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTIDOTES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER; MELPHALAN;

EID: 0029869752     PISSN: 00909556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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