Liver and kidney lesions and associated enzyme changes induced in rabbits by chronic cyanide exposure

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 745-750

  Okolie, N P ^a   Osagie, A U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chronic cyanide intoxication; Liver

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CYANIDE; IDITOL DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD POISONING; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT INTOXICATION; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYANIDES; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; NECROSIS; RABBITS; THIOCYANATES; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0032810408     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(99)00059-9     Document Type: Article

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