A comparative study of five nitro musk compounds for genotoxicity in the SOS chromotest and Salmonella mutagenicity

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 151-156

  Emig, M ^a   Reinhardt, A ^a   Mersch Sundermann, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genotoxicity; Mutagenicity; Nitro musk; Salmonella test; SOS chromotest

Indexed keywords

MUSK; MUSK AMBRETTE; S 9;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTOXICITY; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOS CHROMOTEST;

EID: 0029885823     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(96)03667-3     Document Type: Article

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