Intracellular glutathione plays important roles in pyrrolizidine alkaloid clivorine-induced toxicity on L-02 hepatocytes

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 661-664

  Ji, Lili ^a,b   Chen, Ying ^a,c   Wang, Zhengtao ^a,b,c  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shanghai R and D Centre for Standardization of Chinese Medicines   (China)

^c CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clivorine; Glutathione; Hepatotoxicity; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CLIVORINE; GLUTATHIONE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION;

EID: 53149084533     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376510802205726     Document Type: Article

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