N-acetylcysteine, but not methionine or 2-oxothiazolidine-4- carboxylate, serves as cysteine donor for the synthesis of glutathione in cultured neurons derived from embryonal rat brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-82

  Dringen, Ralf ^a   Hamprecht, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Glutathione; Methionine; N Acetylcysteine; Neuron; Oxothiazolidine carboxylate

Indexed keywords

2 OXO 4 THIAZOLIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID; ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMIDASE; CYSTEINE; METHIONINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIAZOLES; THIAZOLIDINES;

EID: 0033534361     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00894-5     Document Type: Article

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