Is serum gamma-glutamyltransferase a marker of exposure to various environmental pollutants?

Free Radical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 533-537

  Lee, Duk Hee ^a   Jacobs Jr , David R ^b,c  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Gamma glutamyltransferase; Glutathione; Oxidative stress; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CADMIUM; CELL ENZYME; DIOXIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; LEAD; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME METABOLISM; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTION; PROTEIN DEPLETION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 67650863609     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: 10292470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715760902893324     Document Type: Article

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