Toxicity of PCB 156 in the rat liver: An ultrastructural and biochemical study

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-32

  Gilroy, C ^a   Singh, A ^a   Chu, I ^b   Villeneuve, D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Liver uttrastructure; PCB 156; Rat

Indexed keywords

2,3,3',4,4',5 HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3,3',4,4',5-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; AMINOPYRINE N DEMETHYLASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; LIVER; LIVER MICROSOME; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RAT; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXIC HEPATITIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMINOPYRINE N-DEMETHYLASE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, SMOOTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030061228     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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