Chemical form of metals in traditional medicines underlines potential toxicity in cell cultures

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 839-843

  Wu, Qin ^a   Lu, Yuan Fu ^a,b   Shi, Jing Zhen ^c   Liang, Shi Xia ^a   Shi, Jin Shan ^a,b   Liu, Jie ^a,d  

^a ZUNYI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c Guiyang Traditional Medical College   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cinnabar; Cytotoxicity; Mercury; Realgar; Traditional medicines

Indexed keywords

ARSENATE SODIUM; ARSENITE SODIUM; MERCURY CHLORIDE; MERCURY SULFIDE; METHYLMERCURY; REALGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; METALS; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 79954414817     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.01.031     Document Type: Article

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