Sulfurtransferases and cyanide detoxification in mouse liver, kidney, and brain

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 331-337

  Wróbel, Maria ^a   Jurkowska, H ^a   Sliwa L ^a   Srebro, Z ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

3 Mercaptopyruvate Sulfurtransferase; Brain; Cyanide; Cystathionase; Kidney; Liver; Mouse; Rhodanese; Sulfane sulfur

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPYRUVIC ACID; CYANIDE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE; SULFUR; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; SULFURTRANSFERASE; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFURIZATION; DETOXIFICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; KIDNEY METABOLISM; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SULFANE SULFUR; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 6344247461     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376520490434683     Document Type: Article

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