O6-Methylguanine levels and histopathological changes in the rat esophagus and liver following single and repeated administration of N-nitrosomethylbenzylamine

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1135-1140

  Siglin, Joseph C ^a   Morse, Mark A ^b   Schut, Herman A J ^a   Geil, Robert G ^c   Conran, Philip B ^a   Stoner, Gary D ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Toxicology Consultation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 O METHYLGUANINE; CARCINOGEN; DNA; N BENZYL N METHYLNITROSAMINE; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GUANINE; O (6) METHYLGUANINE; O-(6)-METHYLGUANINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGEN DNA INTERACTION; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DAMAGE; ESOPHAGUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; MALE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FISCHER 344 RAT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESOPHAGUS; GUANINE; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0029664465     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/17.5.1135     Document Type: Article

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