Diquat
"Diquat" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A contact herbicide used also to produce desiccation and defoliation. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D004178
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.725.762.352
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diquat" by people in Profiles.
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Fu Y, Cheng WH, Ross DA, Lei Xg. Cellular glutathione peroxidase protects mice against lethal oxidative stress induced by various doses of diquat. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1999 Nov; 222(2):164-9.
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Fu Y, Cheng WH, Porres JM, Ross DA, Lei XG. Knockout of cellular glutathione peroxidase gene renders mice susceptible to diquat-induced oxidative stress. Free Radic Biol Med. 1999 Sep; 27(5-6):605-11.
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Brent JA, Rumack BH. Role of free radicals in toxic hepatic injury. II. Are free radicals the cause of toxin-induced liver injury? J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 1993; 31(1):173-96.
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Sandy MS, Moldeus P, Ross D, Smith MT. Cytotoxicity of the redox cycling compound diquat in isolated hepatocytes: involvement of hydrogen peroxide and transition metals. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1987 Nov 15; 259(1):29-37.
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Sandy MS, Moldeus P, Ross D, Smith MT. Role of redox cycling and lipid peroxidation in bipyridyl herbicide cytotoxicity. Studies with a compromised isolated hepatocyte model system. Biochem Pharmacol. 1986 Sep 15; 35(18):3095-101.