Effect of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("ecstasy") on body temperature and liver antioxidant status in mice: Influence of ambient temperature

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 166-172

  Carvalho, Márcia ^a   Carvalho, Félix ^a   Remião, Fernando ^a   De Lourdes Pereira, Maria ^b   Pires Das Neves, Ricardo ^b   De Lourdes Bastos, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

3,4 Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA); Ambient temperature; Hepatotoxicity; Hyperthermia; Mice; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTHERMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THERMOREGULATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BODY TEMPERATURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE; HALLUCINOGENS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036214775     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-002-0324-z     Document Type: Article

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