Microcystins (cyanobacterial toxins) in drinking water enhance the growth of aberrant crypt foci in the mouse colon

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 155-165

  Humpage, Andrew R ^a   Hardy, Stephen J ^a   Moore, Emma J ^a   Froscio, Suzanne M ^a   Falconer, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOXYMETHANE; CYANOGINOSIN; DRINKING WATER; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD CELL; BODY WEIGHT; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL GROWTH; COLON TUMOR; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPT CELL; ENZYME INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR; TOXICITY TESTING; TUMOR PROMOTION;

ANIMAL; AZO COMPOUNDS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLON; CYANOBACTERIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0034644853     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00984100050131305     Document Type: Article

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