Description
An antioxidant heavy metal chelator; prevents methylmercury-induced GSH loss, and cytotoxicity to, isolated mouse aortic endothelial cells at 50 µM; prevents ROS production and cytotoxicity induced by bleomycin in primary bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells at 50 µM; increases survival of rats in a model of mercury chloride-induced toxicity at 2 mg/kg