Comparison of the in vitro sensitivity of rat acetylcholinesterase to chlorpyrifos-oxon: What do tissue IC50 values represent?

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-49

  Mortensen, S R ^a,b   Brimijoin, S ^c   Hooper, M J ^b   Padilla, S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHLORPYRIFOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0031881999     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1997.8287     Document Type: Article

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