Basolateral uptake of mercuric conjugates of N-acetylcysteine and cysteine in the kidney involves the organic anion transport system

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-29

  Zalups, Rudolfs K ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; ACETYLCYSTEINE; CYSTEINE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL; URETER LIGATION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KIDNEY; LIGATION; LIVER; MALE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; P-AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URETER;

ANIMALIA; GLOMERULUS;

EID: 0032508518     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/009841098158593     Document Type: Article

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