Effect of lithium metal on the chemical status of glutathione (GSH) present in whole blood (especially in plasma and cytosolic fraction in human blood)

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-193

  Khan, Haroon ^a   Jan, Syed Umer ^b   Hashmatullah, ^a   Khan, M Farid ^a   Khan, Kamran Ahmad ^a   Rehman, Asim Ur ^a   Wahab, Abdul ^a  

^a GOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

2 Nitrobenzoic acid (DTNB); 5, 5 Dithiobis; Lithium (Li); Oxidize glutathione (GSSG); Reduced glutathione (GSH)

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; LITHIUM CARBONATE;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOSOLIC FRACTION; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; OXIDATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CYTOSOL; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; METALS; PLASMA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951733610     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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