Effect of taurine on toxicity of the pyrrolizidine alkaloid monocrotaline in rats

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1996:403:315-25. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0182-8_33.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Cytosol / metabolism
  • Dipeptidases / metabolism
  • Glutathione / metabolism*
  • Glutathione Peroxidase / metabolism
  • Glutathione Reductase / metabolism
  • Glutathione Transferase / metabolism
  • Lethal Dose 50
  • Liver / drug effects
  • Liver / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Microsomes, Liver / metabolism
  • Monocrotaline / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Monocrotaline / toxicity*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Taurine / pharmacology*
  • gamma-Glutamyltransferase / metabolism

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Taurine
  • Monocrotaline
  • Glutathione Peroxidase
  • Glutathione Reductase
  • gamma-Glutamyltransferase
  • Glutathione Transferase
  • Dipeptidases
  • Glutathione