Effect of melatonin, piperonyl butoxide, or cobalt chloride on L-cysteine-induced lipid peroxidation in homogenate from whole brain of mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-56

  Yamamoto, Hiro Aki ^a   Tang, Hai Wang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cobalt chloride; L Cysteine; Lipid peroxidation; Melatonin; Mixed function oxidase; Piperonyl butoxide

Indexed keywords

COBALT CHLORIDE; CYSTEINE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COBALT; CYSTEINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; MICE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029956684     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(96)03788-5     Document Type: Article

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