Vitamin C protects against in vitro cytotoxicity of cypermethrin in rat hepatocytes

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-19

  Grajeda Cota, Patricia ^a,b   Ramírez Mares, Marco Vinicio ^c   González De Mejía, Elvira ^c  

^a Research Center for Food and Development   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cypermethrin; Cytotoxicity; Hepatocytes; In vitro; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CIPERMETHRIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REDUCTION;

EID: 0344014115     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2333(03)00077-8     Document Type: Article

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