Glucuronidation of thyroxine in primary monolayer cultures of rat hepatocytes: In vitro induction of UDP-glucuronosyltranferases by methylcholanthrene, clofibrate, and dexamethasone alone and in combination

Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-37

  Jemnitz, Katalin ^a,b   Veres, Zsuzsa ^a   Monostory, Katalin ^a   Vereczkey, László ^a  

^a CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

^b NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; 4 NITROPHENOL; CLOFIBRATE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; GLUCURONIDATION; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYROXINE METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOGENS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLOFIBRATE; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INDUCTION; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER; METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; RATS; THYROXINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033975748     PISSN: 00909556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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