L-2-Chloropropionic acid metabolism and disposition in male rats: Relevance to cerebellar injury

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 668-676

  Wyatt, Ian ^a   Farnworth, Michael ^a   Gyte, Andrew J ^a   Lock, Edward A ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellar granule necrosis; Glutathione conjugation; L 2 Chloropropionic acid

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROPROPIONIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; GRANULE CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICOKINETICS; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MALE; PROPIONIC ACIDS; RATS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030823923     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002040050443     Document Type: Article

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