Intracellular glutathione plays important roles in pyrrolizidine alkaloids-induced growth inhibition on hepatocytes

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 357-362

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

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

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

Author keywords

Adonifoline; Cytotoxicity; GSH; Monocrotaline; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Senecionine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; MONOCROTALINE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; SENECIONINE N OXIDE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LEVEL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 70349568598     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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