Ethylenethiourea (ETU), a carcinogenic and mutagenic metabolite of ethylenebis-dithiocarbamate

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1974, Pages 189-191

  Seiler, J P ^a  

^a Swiss Federal Research Station for Fruit Growing Viticulture and Horticulture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ethylenethiourea; ETU

Indexed keywords

2 IMIDAZOLINETHIONE; CARCINOGENESIS; MICROORGANISM; MUTAGENESIS; N,N' ETHYLENEBIS(DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID); SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CARCINOGENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHYLENES; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MANEB; MUTAGENS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; THIOCARBAMATES; THIOUREA; ZINEB;

EID: 0015964888     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(74)80073-4     Document Type: Article

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