Evaluation of short-term bovine eye storage protocol for the enucleated eye toxicity test

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-240

  Doughty, M J ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aqueous humour; Benzalkonium chloride; Bovine; Carbon dioxide; Cornea thickness; Enucleated eye test; pH; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACTANT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; ENUCLEATION; EYE TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0030876510     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2333(97)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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