Aflatoxins inhibit prolactin secretion by rat pituitary cells in culture

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 381-386

  Abdel Haq, H ^a   Giacomelli, S ^a   Palmery, M ^a   Leone, M G ^a   Saso, L ^a   Silvestrini, B ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; MYCOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; HORMONE ACTION; HYDROXYLATION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; NONHUMAN; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DOPAMINE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; RATS; TRYPAN BLUE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034025448     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DCT-100100123     Document Type: Article

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