Evidence for site-specific bioactivation of alachlor in the olfactory mucosa of the long-evans rat

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 202-212

  Wetmore, Barbara A ^a   Mitchell, Ann D ^b   Meyer, Sharon A ^a   Genter, Mary Beth ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Genesys Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alachlor; Cell proliferation; Mouse lymphoma assay; Mutagenicity; Nasal carcinogenicity; Olfactory mucosa

Indexed keywords

ALACHLOR;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; RAT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TARGET ORGAN;

ACETAMIDES; ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIVISION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HERBICIDES; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MICE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TIME FACTORS;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032998384     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/49.2.202     Document Type: Article

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