Effect of lead concentration on the level of glutathione, glutathione S-transferase, reductase and peroxidase in human blood

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-50

  Hunaiti, Abdelrahim A ^a   Soud, M ^b  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Lead effect; Peroxidase; Reductase; Transferase; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0034728590     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00548-3     Document Type: Article

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