Enzymatic-spectrophotometric determination of paraquat in urine samples: A method based on its toxic mechanism

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 424-427

  De Almeida, Rafael Menck ^a   Yonamine, Mauricio ^a  

^a Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enzymaticspectrophotometric method; Paraquat; Redox cycling; Urine samples

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 REDUCTASE; PARAQUAT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMOPERFUSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URINALYSIS;

HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NADP; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARAQUAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955897908     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2010.490968     Document Type: Article

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