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AX5-161<br />

Table AX5-10.1 (cont’d). Hepatic Drug Metabolism<br />

Concentration Duration Species Blood <strong>Lead</strong> Effects a Reference<br />

50 mg/kg,<br />

intragastric<br />

Abbreviations<br />

b. wt.—body weight<br />

a CYP—Cytochrome P-450<br />

GSH—Glutathione<br />

GSSG—Oxidized glutathione<br />

TEL—Triethyl lead<br />

CCL—Carbon tetrachloride<br />

GSTP—Placental glutathione transferase<br />

MDA—Malondialdehyde<br />

Cu—Copper<br />

Cd—Cadmium<br />

Al—Aluminum<br />

Zn—Zinc<br />

Pb—<strong>Lead</strong><br />

Ni—Nickel<br />

TNFα—Tumor necrosis factor<br />

ALA—Alanine aminotransferase<br />

PAH—Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons<br />

LPS—Lipopolysaccharides<br />

8 wks Male Albino<br />

Wistar rats<br />

— Accentuation <strong>of</strong> liver membrane lipid peroxidation. significant<br />

inhibition <strong>of</strong> liver antioxidant enzymes. Reduced ratio <strong>of</strong> reduced<br />

glutathione(GSH) to oxidized glutathione (GSSG),<br />

Sandhir and Gill<br />

(1995)

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