Effects of singly administered betaine on hepatotoxicity of chloroform in mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 655-661

  Kim, Sang Kyum ^a   Kim, Young Choong ^a   Kim, Young Chul ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOPYRINE N DEMETHYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETAINE; CHLOROFORM; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; DRUG METABOLIZING ENZYME; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IDITOL DEHYDROGENASE; OXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONJUGATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER MICROSOME METABOLISM; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BETAINE; CHLOROFORM; ENZYMES; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GLUTATHIONE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; ORGAN SIZE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031820524     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(98)00024-6     Document Type: Article

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