Usnic acid-induced necrosis of cultured mouse hepatocytes: Inhibition of mitochondrial function and oxidative stress

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 439-451

  Han, Derick ^a   Matsumaru, Katsu ^a   Rettori, Daniel ^b   Kaplowitz, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Hepatocytes; Mitochondria; Oxidative stress; Usnic acid

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BUTYLCRESOL; DICHLORODIHYDROFLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPOKINETIX; MALEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; USNIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOOXIDATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER CELL CULTURE; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

EID: 1242308775     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2003.09.032     Document Type: Article

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