Mercuric chloride toxicity in rat liver mitochondria and isolated hepatocytes

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-235

  Palmeira, Carlos M ^a   Madeira, Vítor M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ATP; Glutathione; Hepatocytes; Mercuric chloride toxicity; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030758726     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1382-6689(97)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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