A comparative study on the effect of phenobarbitol and β-methylcholanthrene on glutathione S-transferases of rat testis

Journal of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 373-378

  Devi, K N ^a   Hemavathi, B ^a   Aliya, S ^a   Raveendra, A ^a   Thyagaraju, K ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Methylcholanthrene; Glutathione S transferases; Phenobarbitol; Rat testis

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; 3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; ANION; BETA METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; BROMSULFOPHTHALEIN; CARCINOGEN; CATION; CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE; DIMER; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE SUBUNIT YB; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE SUBUNIT YBETA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE SUBUNIT YC; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE SUBUNIT YDELTA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T 10; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T 2; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T 3; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T 4; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T 5; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T 6; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T 7; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T 8; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T 9; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ISOENZYME; PHENOBARBITAL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHROMATOFOCUSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER; NONHUMAN; RAT; TESTIS; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; PHENOBARBITAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T4;

EID: 0036905928     PISSN: 10258140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1025814021000024299     Document Type: Article

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