Influence of dietary folic acid on the developmental toxicity of methanol and the frequency of chromosomal breakage in the CD-1 mouse

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 455-463

  Fu, Sherry S ^a   Sakanashi, Tammy M ^a   Rogers, John M ^c   Hong, Kyu H ^a   Keen, Carl L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

chromosomal breakage; development; diet; folic acid; methanol; nutrient drug interaction; nutrition; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; METHANOL; MUTAGENIC AGENT; SUCCINYLSULFATHIAZOLE; TERATOGENIC AGENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CLEFT PALATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; EXENCEPHALY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RETICULOCYTE; RISK FACTOR; TERATOGENICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; CLEFT PALATE; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; METHANOL; MICE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS; PREGNANCY; RETICULOCYTES; RISK FACTORS; TERATOGENS;

EID: 0030294011     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(96)00132-3     Document Type: Article

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