In vitro effect of N-acetylcysteine on hepatocyte injury caused by dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and its metabolites

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-53

  Van Tonder, J J ^a   Gulumian, M ^b,c   Cromarty, A D ^a   Steenkamp, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b National Institute for Occupational Health Johannesburg   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

apoptosis; DDT; hepatotoxicity; mitochondria; N acetylcysteine; ROS

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; CHLORPHENOTANE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CELL VIABILITY ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

APOPTOSIS; DDT; HEPATOTOXICITY; MITOCHONDRIA; N-ACETYLCYSTEINE; ROS;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; HEP G2 CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84890814960     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327113482954     Document Type: Article

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