Formic acid excretion in rats exposed to trichloroethylene: A possible explanation for renal toxicity in long-term studies

Toxicology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 39-47

  Green, Trevor ^a   Dow, Jacky ^a   Foster, John R ^a   Hext, Paul M ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Formic acid; Renal toxicity; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CREATININE; FORMIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KIDNEY TUMOR; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE PH;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMMONIA; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FORMIC ACIDS; HEMOSTATICS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 0032524925     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(98)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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