Effects of saponins and glycoalkaloids on the permeability and viability of mammalian intestinal cells and on the integrity of tissue preparations in vitro

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-128

  Gee, J M ^a   Wortley, G M ^a   Johnson, I T ^a   Price, K R ^a   Rutten, A A J J L ^b   Houben, G F ^b   Penninks, A H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CHACONINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SAPONIN; SOLANINE; TOMATINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE MUCOSA; JEJUNUM; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA; GYPSOPHILA; GYPSOPHILA SPP.; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAMMALIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0029932778     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0887-2333(95)00113-1     Document Type: Article

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