High sensitivity to streptozotocin in herbivorous voles, Microtus arvalis, compared to mice

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-224

  Arai, T ^a   Kaneko, H ^a   Takagi, H ^a   Ogino, T ^a   Sasaki, M ^b   Matsumoto, H ^b   Sugawara, M ^a  

^a NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BANYU PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

diabetes; enzymes; kidney; liver; mouse; pancreas; streptozotocin; vole

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEXOKINASE; OXYGEN RADICAL; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSURIA; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GLYCOSURIA; INCIDENCE; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOZOCIN;

EID: 0029978370     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00366919     Document Type: Article

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