Protective effects of amifostine and its analogues on sulfur mustard toxicity in vitro and in vivo

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 24-33

  Bhattacharya, R ^a   Lakshmana Rao, P V ^a   Pant, S C ^a   Kumar, Pravin ^a   Tulsawani, R K ^a   Pathak, Uma ^a   Kulkarni, Abhay ^a   Vijayaraghavan, R ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Amifostine; Amifostine analogues; Antidotes; DRDE 07; Liver slice; Prophylaxis; Protection in vitro and in vivo; Sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINOETHYLAMINO)ETHYL PHENYL SULFIDE; 2 (3 AMINOPROPYLAMINO)ETHYL PHENYL SULFIDE; 2 (4 AMINOBUTYLAMINO)ETHYL PHENYL SULFIDE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMIFOSTINE; ANTIDOTE; DNA FRAGMENT; DRDE 06; DRDE 07; DRDE 08; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MUSTARD GAS; POTASSIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTOXICATION; LC 50; LD 50; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; LIVER SLICE; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035474731     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.2001.9252     Document Type: Article

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