Protective effects of triterpene compounds against the cytotoxicity of cadmium in HepG2 cells

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1324-1328

  Miura, Nobuhiko ^a   Matsumoto, Yoko ^a   Miyairi, Shinichi ^a   Nishiyama, Shoji ^b   Naganuma, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; BETULIN; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; METALLOTHIONEIN; OLEANOLIC ACID; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; URSOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; METAL BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION;

EID: 0032748366     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.56.6.1324     Document Type: Article

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