Toxicity and sphinganine levels are correlated in rats fed fumonisin B1 (FB1) or hydrolyzed FB1

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-104

  Voss, Kenneth A ^a   Riley, Ronald T ^a   Bacon, Charles W ^a   Meredith, Filmore I ^a   Norred, William P ^a  

^a Richard B Russell Agric Res C   (United States)

Author keywords

Fumonisins; Hydrolyzed fumonisins; Nixtamalization; Sphingolipids; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

FUMONISIN B1; SPHINGANINE; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE ACYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; HYDROLYSIS; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031959738     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1382-6689(97)10009-6     Document Type: Article

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