Hepatic Metabolism of Carcinogenic β-Asarone

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1760-1773

  Cartus, Alexander T ^a   Stegmüller, Simone ^a   Simson, Nadine ^a   Wahl, Andrea ^a   Neef, Sylvia ^a   Kelm, Harald ^a   Schrenk, Dieter ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1254; BETA ASARONE; CYTOCHROME P450; SULFOTRANSFERASE; ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; ASARONE; CARCINOGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; EPOXIDATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; IN VIVO STUDY; KINETIC PARAMETERS; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION; SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; RODENT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANISOLES; CARCINOGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RODENTIA;

EID: 84941966067     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.5b00223     Document Type: Article

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