Taurine attenuates nitric oxide- and reactive oxygen intermediate- dependent hepatocyte injury

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1280-1288

  Redmond, H Paul ^a   Wang, Jiang Huai ^a   Bouchier Hayes, David ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 10544251069     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430240034004     Document Type: Article

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