Hypotaurine and sulfhydryl-containing antioxidants reduce H2S toxicity in erythrocytes from a marine invertebrate

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 3816-3825

  Ortega, J A ^a   Ortega, J M ^a   Julian, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Hydrogen sulfide; Hypotaurine; Invertebrate; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYPOTAURINE; SCAVENGER; SULFIDE; TAURINE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; THIOTAURINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; POLYCHAETA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL SURVIVAL; ERYTHROCYTES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; POLYCHAETA; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; TAURINE;

GLYCERA DIBRANCHIATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 57449084194     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.021303     Document Type: Article

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