Glutathione S-transferase-catalyzed conjugation of bioactivated aflatoxin B1 in rabbit lung and liver

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 499-507

  Stewart, Richard K ^a   Serabjit Singh, Cosette J ^c   Massey, Thomas E ^a,b  

^a Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology ^*  (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LIVER CYTOSOL; LIVER MICROSOME; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030273434     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0246     Document Type: Article

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