Lipid peroxidation induced by cyclophosphamide.

Abstract

Intraperitoneal administration of a single dose of cyclophosphamide (CP) to rats was found to produce hepatic glutathione depletion and to enhance NADPH-mediated lipid peroxidation in the 15,000 x g supernatant fraction of the liver. These effects were associated with CP in a dose- and a time-dependent manner. The data suggest that the glutathione depletion is, at least in part, responsible for the enhancement in lipid peroxidation induced by CP.