Biochemical effects of some pesticides on lipid peroxidation and free-radical scavengers

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 33-47

  Banerjee, B D ^a   Seth, V ^a   Bhattacharya, A ^a   Pasha, S T ^b   Chakraborty, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Human poisoning; Lindane; Malathion; Oxidative stress; Propoxur

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARBAMATE INSECTICIDE; CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LINDANE; MALATHION; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; OXYGEN RADICAL; PESTICIDE; PROPOXUR; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTOXICATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATALASE; ERYTHROCYTES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTES; PESTICIDES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0033062327     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(99)00029-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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