The administration of N-acetylcysteine reduces oxidative stress and regulates glutathione metabolism in the blood cells of workers exposed to lead

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 480-486

  Kasperczyk, Sławomir ^a   Dobrakowski, Michał ^a   Kasperczyk, Aleksandra ^a   Ostałowska, Alina ^a   Birkner, Ewa ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase; Glutathione; Lead poisoning; N acetylcysteine; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LEAD; LIPOFUSCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879367480     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2013.802797     Document Type: Article

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