Subacute toxicity of α-ergocryptine in Sprague-Dawley rats. 1: General toxicological effects

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 679-688

  Janssen, G B ^a   Beems, R B ^a   Speijers, G J A ^a   Van Egmond, H P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Ergot alkaloids; Food intake; Tail necrosis; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ERGOCRYPTINE; ERGOT ALKALOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; ERGOLINES; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033948837     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(00)00054-5     Document Type: Article

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