Effect of pyrethroid-based liquid mosquito repellent inhalation on the blood-brain barrier function and oxidative damage in selected organs of developing rats

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-72

  Gupta, Alka ^a   Nigam, Darshika ^a   Gupta, Amita ^a   Shukla, G S ^b   Agarwal, A K ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

BBB; Development; Mosquito repellent; Organs; Oxdative damage; Pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; ALLETHRIN; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; GLUTATHIONE; INSECT REPELLENT; LIPID HYDROPEROXIDE; PROTEIN; PYRETHROID; TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY; LIPID OXIDATION; LIQUID; LIVER; NEWBORN; OXIDATION; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032938560     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1263(199901/02)19:1<67::aid-jat540>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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