Effect of alcohol and/or cocaine on blood glutathione and the ultrastructure of the liver of pregnant CF-1 mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Afifi, Nahla M ^a   Abdel Rahman, Mohamed S ^a   Nassar, Alya M ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Abuse; Alcohol; Cocaine; Liver ultrastructure; Pregnant mice

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COCAINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; COCAINE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC, DRUG-INDUCED; LIVER; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NARCOTICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032169483     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00040-X     Document Type: Article

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