Menadione toxicity in cultured rat cortical astrocytes

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-306

  Abe, Kazuho ^a   Saito, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Culture; Menadione; Reactive oxygen species; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON CHELATE; MENADIONE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYO; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0030475798     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.72.299     Document Type: Article

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