Dietary deficiency of cystine and methionine in rats alters thiol homeostasis required for cyanide detoxification

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 583-595

  Tor Agbidye, John ^a   Palmer, Valerie S ^b   Sabri, Mohammad I ^a   Craig, A Morrie ^c   Blythe, Linda L ^c   Spencer, Peter S ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Third World Med Research Foundation   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; CYSTINE; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE; PORPHYRIN; SULFATE; SULFUR AMINO ACID; THIOCYANATE; THIOL; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CASSAVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HOMEOSTASIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RAT; RISK FACTOR; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANIMALS; CYANIDES; CYSTINE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; METHIONINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SULFATES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; THIOCYANATES;

ANIMALIA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0032567475     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/009841098158269     Document Type: Article

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