Probing the in vitro cytotoxicity of the veterinary drug oxytetracycline.

The study investigated the effect of oxytetracycline (OTC) on the anti-oxidative defense system, the structure (hemolysis rate and morphology) and function (ATP enzyme activity) of human red blood cells (hRBCs) to investigate the possible toxic mechanism of OTC to hRBCs. The experimental results ind...

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Main Authors: Zhenxing Chi, Rutao Liu, Hong You, Shanshan Ma, Hao Cui, Qiang Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4096727?pdf=render