N-acetyl L-cysteine attenuates oxidant-mediated toxicity induced by chrysotile fibers

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 53-60

  Afaq, Farrukh ^a,b   Abidi, Parveen ^a   Rahman, Qamar ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophage; Antioxidants; Chrysotile; N acetyl L cysteine; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CHRYSOTILE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMAL; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; OXIDANTS; RATS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034734778     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(00)00236-8     Document Type: Article

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