Elevation of brain glutathione by γ-glutamylcysteine ethyl ester protects against peroxynitrite-induced oxidative stress

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 776-784

  Drake, Jennifer ^a   Kanski, Jaroslaw ^a   Varadarajan, Sridhar ^a   Tsoras, Maria ^a   Butterfield, D Allan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

glutamylcysteine ethyl ester; Glutathione; Oxidative stress; Peroxynitrite

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; PEROXYNITRITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GERBIL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIN LABELING; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIPEPTIDES; GERBILLINAE; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 0037097270     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10266     Document Type: Article

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