Assay for quantitative determination of glutathione and glutathione disulfide levels using enzymatic recycling method

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3159-3165

  Rahman, Irfan ^a   Kode, Aruna ^a   Biswas, Saibal K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Dr Ambedkar College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE;

ARTICLE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 34548851693     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.378     Document Type: Article

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