Structure-activity relationship of schisandrins in enhancing liver mitochondrial glutathione status in CCl4-poisoned mice

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 313-316

  Ip, Siu Po ^a   Che, Chun Tao ^a   Ko, Kam Ming ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CAD Ctr Hong Kong Productivity C   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride poisoning; Dibenzocyclooctadienes; Glutathione; Glutathione reductase; Liver mitochondria; Schisandra chinensis; Structure activity relationship

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DIMETHYLBIPHENYL DICARBOXYLATE; GLUTATHIONE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCHISANDRIN A; SCHISANDRIN B; SCHISANDRIN C; SCHISANDRIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HERBAL MEDICINE; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; CYCLOOCTANES; DIOXOLES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; LIGNANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0031851123     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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