Hepatocellular carcinoma induction in LEC rats by a low dose of 2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-29

  Sone, Hideko ^a   Wakabayashi, Keiji ^a   Kushida, Hiromi ^a   Enomoto, Katsuhiko ^b   Mori, Michio ^b   Takeichi, Noritoshi ^c   Tsuda, Hiroyuki ^a   Sugimura, Takashi ^a   Nagao, Minako ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copper; Hepatocellular carcinoma; LEC rat; MeIQx

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3,8 DIMETHYLIMIDAZO[4,5 F]QUINOXALINE; COPPER; HETEROCYCLIC AMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENS; COPPER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 0030029910     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1996.tb00195.x     Document Type: Article

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