Effects of PCBS on liver ultrastructure and monooxygenase activities in Japanese quail

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 839-846

  Stouvenakers, N ^a   Hugla, J L ^a   Goffinet, G ^a   Kremers, P ^a   Thome J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDRIN EPOXIDASE; AROCLOR; CYTOCHROME P450; FAT DROPLET; GLYCOGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; LIVER CELL; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; LIVER STRUCTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; QUAIL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AROCLOR 1254; AROCLORS; COTURNIX; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, SMOOTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GLYCOGEN; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ANIMALIA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0029924119     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900122     Document Type: Article

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