The effect of gold on zinc in liver and in metallothionein

Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-91

  Saito, Shigeru ^a   Yoshida, Katsumi ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LIVER; LIVER CYTOSOL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CYTOSOL; GOLD; LIVER; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ZINC;

EID: 0031776186     PISSN: 10780297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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