A three-month repeated oral administration study of a low viscosity grade of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose in rats

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-43

  Obara, Sakae ^a   Muto, Hiroaki ^a   Shigeno, Hitoshi ^b   Yoshida, Ayako ^b   Nagaya, Jyun Ichi ^b   Hirata, Mariko ^b   Furukawa, Masatoshi ^b   Sunaga, Masao ^b  

^a SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b Safety Res Inst Chem Compd Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose; Rat; Repeated oral dose; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; TOXICOLOGY; URINE VOLUME; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033011857     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.24.33     Document Type: Article

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