Free radicals and not acetaldehyde influence the circulating levels of glutathione after acute or chronic alcohol abuse: In vivo and in vitro studies

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 168-173

  Loguercio, C ^a   Clot, P ^a   Albano, E ^a   Argenzio, F ^a   Grella, A ^a   De Girolamo, V ^a   Delle Cave, M ^a   Del Vecchio Bianco, C ^a   Nardi, G ^a  

^a Cattedra di Gastroentemlogia ed Endoscopia Digestiva   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Free radicals; Glutathione; S adenosyl methionine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; MALONALDEHYDE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTES; ETHANOL; FREE RADICALS; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE;

EID: 0031393259     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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