Tryptanthrins: A novel class of agonists of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 165-171

  Schrenk, Dieter ^a   Riebniger, Dirk ^a   Till, Markus ^a   Vetter, Silvia ^a   Fiedler, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

7 Eethoxyreorufin O deethylase; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Cytochrome P4501A1; Induction; Rat hepatocytes; Tryptanthrins

Indexed keywords

10 METHYLTRYPTHANTRIN; 2 CHLROTRYPTHANTRIN; 2 METHYLTRYPTHANTRIN; 3 NITROTRYPTHANTRIN; 7 METHYLTRYPTHANTRIN; 8 BROMOTRYPTHANTRIN; 8 CHLOROTRYPTHANTRIN; 8 METHYLTRYPTHANTRIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; ENZYME INDUCTION; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER; MALE; MICE; QUINAZOLINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RNA; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030758669     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(97)00150-0     Document Type: Article

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