Macrophage depletion ameliorates kavalactone damage in the isolated perfused rat liver

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 447-453

  Zhang, Lillian ^a   Rowe, Anthony ^a   Braet, Filip ^a   Ramzan, Iqbal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Gadolinium chloride; Liver; Macrophages; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM CHLORIDE; GLUTATHIONE; KAVALACTONE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM; LETTER; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER SINUSOID; LIVER TOXICITY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PIPER METHYSTICUM; RAT;

PIPER METHYSTICUM; RATTUS;

EID: 84859310303     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.37.447     Document Type: Letter

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