Changes in brain and plasma amino acids of mice intoxicated with methyl isocyanate

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 469-473

  Gupta, Meenakshi ^a   Prabha, Vijay ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Amino acids; HPLC; MIC; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; METHYL ISOCYANATE; SERINE; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; INTOXICATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029827778     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1263(199611)16:6<469::AID-JAT373>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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