Arsenite methylation by methylvitamin B12 and glutathione does not require an enzyme

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-291

  Zakharyan, Robert A ^a   Aposhian, H Vasken ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic biotransformation; DMPS; GSH; Methylcobalamin; Methylvitamin B12; MMA; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; GLUTATHIONE; MECOBALAMIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER CYTOSOL; LIVER METABOLISM; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; TOXICOKINETICS; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033012169     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8587     Document Type: Article

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