Acetylcholinesterase and ATPase activities in erythrocyte ghosts are not affected by 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene: Implications for toxicity by narcotic chemicals

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2347-2352

  Van Wezel, Annemarie P ^a,c   Schmitz, Marion G J ^b   Tielens, Aloysius G M ^b  

^a National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; ATPase; Membrane protein functioning; Membrane water partitioning; Narcosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (MAGNESIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CHEMICAL AGENT; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NARCOTIC AGENT; TRICHLOROBENZENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE GHOST; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HORSE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0030766149     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2347:AAAAIE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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