Depletion of liver glutathione levels in rats: A potential confound of nose-only inhalation

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 885-890

  Fechter, Laurence D ^a,b   Nelson Miller, Alisa ^a   Gearhart, Caroline ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROCARBON;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HABITUATION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INHALATION; LIVER; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER METABOLISM; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE BREATHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; BRAIN; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); GLUTATHIONE; HYDROCARBONS; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

RATTUS;

EID: 47749107930     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370801975329     Document Type: Article

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