| Literature DB >> 1250243 |
S Osterman-Golkar, L Ehrenberg, D Segerbäck, I Hällström.
Abstract
The degree of alkylation of haemoglobin was determined at different times after treatment of mice with one directly active alkylating agent, ethylene oxide, and one agent that requires metabolic activation, dimethylnitrosamine. Because of the random alkylation of red blood cells of various ages and the stability of alkylated haemoglobin, the amount of alkylated amino acids in haemoglobin decreases linearly with time, reaching the value zero after about 40 days, the life-span of erythrocytes in the mouse. This provides a basis for the use of haemoglobin as a monitor for integral doses of genotoxic environmental chemicals.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID: 1250243 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(76)90256-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mutat Res ISSN: 0027-5107 Impact factor: 2.433