Cytotoxic effects of repin, a principal sesquiterpene lactone of Russian knapweed

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 90-97

  Robles, M ^a   Wang, N ^a   Kim, R ^a   Choi, B H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GSH; oxidative stress; Parkinson's disease; repin

Indexed keywords

SESQUITERPENE LACTONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; GRASS; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUTATHIONE; LACTONES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEOSTRIATUM; PC12 CELLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SESQUITERPENES; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THIOCTIC ACID;

EID: 0031014545     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970101)47:1<90::AID-JNR10>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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