Role of cytochromes P450 in the metabolism of methyl tert-butyl ether in human livers

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 266-269

  Hong, Jun Yan ^a   Yang, Chung S ^a   Lee, Maojung ^a   Wang, Yong Yu ^a   Huang, Wei Qun ^a   Tan, Yizheng ^a   Patten, Christopher J ^b   Bondoc, Flordeliza Y ^a  

^a Department of Chemical Biology and Pharmacognosy   (United States)

^b AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochromes P450; Human liver microsomes; Metabolism; Methyl tert butyl ether

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASES; BUTANOLS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2E1; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MICE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLVENTS; TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOL;

EID: 0030896538     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002040050386     Document Type: Article

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