Zinc benzoate, a contaminating environmental compound derived from polystyrene resin inhibits A-type monoamine oxidase

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-165

  Egashira, Toru ^a   Sakai, Kumiko ^a   Takayama, Fusako ^a   Sakurai, Mami ^a   Yoshida, Satoshi ^b  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental compound; MAO A; MAO B; Monkey brain mitochondria; Zinc benzoate

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NORADRENALIN; POLYSTYRENE; RESIN; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZINC BENZOATE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISTILLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEAT TREATMENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

GYMNOMYZA SAMOENSIS;

EID: 0142227668     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(03)00286-8     Document Type: Article

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