Screening toxic effects of volatile organic compounds using Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-125

  Wasserkort, Reinhold ^a   Koller, Theodor ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; CO2 production; Drosophila; Intoxication; Respiration; Screening; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIESEL FUEL; ETHER; GASOLINE; METHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HYPERACTIVITY; INTOXICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; VAPOR;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DROSOPHILA; GASOLINE; SOLVENTS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030986895     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1263(199703)17:2<119::AID-JAT415>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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