title: The activity of glutathione-S-transferases in various organs of the rat.
abstract: The activity of glutathione-S-transferases for five electrophilic substrates was measured in ten organs of the rat. Highest activity was found in the liver and steroidogenic organs. The activity in the heart, brain, spleen and lung was relatively low or nil for most substrates.
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000201:enzymology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D004136:Dinitrobenzenes; D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D005260:Female; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D008658:Inactivation, Metabolic; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000201:enzymology; D007454:Iodides; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008168:Lung / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D009596:Nitrophenols; D010053:Ovary / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats; D013154:Spleen / Q000201:enzymology; D013448:Sulfobromophthalein; D013737:Testis / Q000201:enzymology; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D004136:Dinitrobenzenes; D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D007454:Iodides; D009596:Nitrophenols; D013448:Sulfobromophthalein; C010275:pentachlorocyclohexene; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane; C007606:1,2-epoxy-3-(p-nitrophenoxy)propane; D005982:Glutathione Transferase