Paracetamol (acetaminophen) decreases hydrogen sulfide tissue concentration in brain but increases it in the heart, liver and kidney in mice

Folia Biologica

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 41-44

  Wiliński, Bogdan ^a   Wiliński, Jerzy ^a   Somogyi, Eugeniusz ^a   Góralska, Marta ^a   Piotrowska, Joanna ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Hydrogen sulfide; Nociception; Pain; Paracetamol

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PARACETAMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TISSUE LEVEL;

MUS;

EID: 79251616110     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3409/fb59-1-2.41-44     Document Type: Article

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