In vitro toxicity assessment of mouthwashes in the pollen tube growth test: First results

Anticancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4 A, 1999, Pages 2775-2777

  Friedrich, Reinhard E ^a   Kristen, Udo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute cytotoxicity; Adverse effects; Mouthwash use; Pollen tube growth test

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BLENDAX FRESH; CARCINOGEN; DENTAGARD; DISINFECTANT AGENT; EL CE ME; LACULAT; MERIDOL; PARODONTAX; REGADONT MED; SILIDENT; THERAMED LIQUID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARCINOGEN TESTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DESQUAMATION; HALITOSIS; HIGHER PLANT; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH INFECTION; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTHWASH; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMATITIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ETHANOL; HUMANS; MOUTHWASHES; POLLEN;

EID: 0032780612     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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