Inhibition of rat liver UDP-glucuronosyltransferase by silymarin and the metabolite silibinin-glucuronide

Life Sciences

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 683-692

  D'Andrea, Vanesa ^a   Pérez, Leonardo M ^a   Sánchez Pozzi, Enrique J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Human hepatic microsomes; Silibinin glucuronide; Silymarin; UGT

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONIDE; SILIBININ; SILYMARIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EVALUATION; GLUCURONIDATION; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUCURONIDES; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILYMARIN;

EID: 19444385436     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.01.011     Document Type: Article

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