γ-Glutamylcysteinylethyl ester attenuates progression of carbon tetrachloride-induced acute liver injury in mice

Toxicology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-63

  Nishida, Keiji ^a   Ohta, Yoshiji ^a   Ishiguro, Isao ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glutamylcysteinylethyl ester; Carbon tetrachloride; Glutathione (reduced); Lipid peroxidation; Liver injury

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CYSTEINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; LIVER ENZYME; OLIVE OIL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; DIPEPTIDES; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MICE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032549038     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(97)00185-6     Document Type: Article

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