Spontaneous development of fatty liver in ferrets in a toxicology study

Toxicology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-116

  Shavila, J ^a   King, L J ^a   Parke, D V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CYP4A1 induction; Fatty acid oxidation; Fatty liver; Ferret; Lipid peroxidation; Spurious hepatotoxicity

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FERRET; HISTOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 0030590256     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-483X(96)03351-3     Document Type: Article

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