Denitrification of the genotoxicant 2-nitropropane: Relationship to its mechanism of toxicity

Xenobiotica

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 843-852

  Kohl, C ^a,b   Gescher, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Pharmaceutical Devmt Services GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 NITROPROPANE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; METHYLENE BLUE; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; PROPANE 2 NITRONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER MICROSOME METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACETONE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; FREE RADICALS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; MUTAGENS; NITRITES; NITROPARAFFINS; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PROPANE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SOLVENTS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030795303     PISSN: 00498254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/004982597240208     Document Type: Article

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