Urinary taurine as a non-invasive marker of aflatoxin B1-induced hepatotoxicity: Success and failure

Toxicology

Volumn 118, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 159-169

  Maxuitenko, Yulia Y ^a   North, William G ^a   Roebuck, B D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Hepatic toxicity; Markers of toxicity; Taurine; Urine

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AFLATOXIN B1; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENS; CELL SIZE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING; EATING; L-IDITOL 2-DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POISONING; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TAURINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031588903     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(96)03610-4     Document Type: Article

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