Identification of glutathione-related quercetin metabolites in humans

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1525-1532

  Hong, Yun Jeong ^a   Mitchell, Alyson E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACETYLCYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE; DIHYDROXYCINNAMIC ACID; DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DIHYDROXYPHENYLPROPIONIC ACID; DIHYDROXYTOLUENE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONYLMETHYLQUERCETIN; GLUTATHIONYLQUERCETIN; GLUTATHIONYLQUERCETIN GLUCURONIDE; HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; MERCAPTIC ACID; QUERCETIN DERIVATIVE; RUTOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; DRUG METABOLISM; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; GLUTATHIONYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOMERISM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; URINALYSIS;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADULT; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUERCETIN;

MURINAE;

EID: 33845269813     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx0601758     Document Type: Article

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