Is hyperthermia the triggering factor for hepatotoxicity induced by 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy)? An in vitro study using freshly isolated mouse hepatocytes

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 789-793

  Carvalho, Márcia ^a   Carvalho, Félix ^a   Bastos, Maria Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Freshly isolated mouse hepatocytes; Hepatotoxicity; Hyperthermia; MDMA

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL VIABILITY; HYPERTHERMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEVER; GLUTATHIONE; HEAT; HEPATOCYTES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MICE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034466546     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002040000200     Document Type: Article

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