Microcystic cyanobacteria causes mitochondrial membrane potential alteration and reactive oxygen species formation in primary cultured rat hepatocytes

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 409-413

  Ding, Wen Xing ^a   Shen, Han Ming ^b   Shen, Yi ^b   Zhu, Hui Gang ^a   Ong, Choon Nam ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Hepatocytes; Hepatotoxicity; Microcystin; Mitochondrial membrane potential; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CYANOGINOSIN; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RHODAMINE 123;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE; LIVER CELL CULTURE; LIVER TOXICITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAINING; TUMOR PROMOTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031726286     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3434068     Document Type: Article

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