Acute toxicity of synthetic Gymnodinium breve toxin metabolite and its analogues in mice

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-80

  Husain, K ^a,b   Singh, R ^b   Kaushik, M P ^c   Gupta, A K ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Div of Pharmacology and Toxicology   (India)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENZYME INHIBITION; LD 50; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM; KARENIA BREVIS;

EID: 0030271567     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1996.0083     Document Type: Article

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