N-acetylcysteine increases the glutathione content and protects rat alveolar type II cells against paraquat-induced cytotoxicity

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-12

  Hoffer, Erica ^a   Baum, Yelena ^a   Tabak, Arek ^a   Taitelman, Uri ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alveolar type II cells; Cytotoxicity; Glutathione; N acetylcysteine; Paraquat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; PARAQUAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030071905     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(95)03446-3     Document Type: Article

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