Ethanol Reveals Novel Mercury Detoxification Step in Tissues
- 4 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 213 (4512) , 1123-1125
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7268418
Abstract
Volatile mercury was produced de novo by mouse tissue homogenates that contained mercuric ions. Ethanol stimulated the release of tissue mercury into the vapor phase, and the mechanism appears to be an inhibition of reoxidation of volatile mercury. Components responsible for mercury volatilization are heat-labile. The highest volatilizing activity in the liver is associated with the soluble fraction obtained after centrifugation at 105,000g.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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