Elevation of mouse liver glutathione level by low-dose γ-ray irradiation and its effect on CCl4-induced liver damage

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4 A, 1998, Pages 2471-2476

  Kojima, Shuji ^a   Matsuki, Osamu ^a   Nomura, Takaharu ^a   Kubodera, Akiko ^a   Yamaoka, Kiyonori ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Liver damage; Low dose ray

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MALONALDEHYDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; LIVER CANCER; LIVER INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; KINETICS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031811391     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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