Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of methyleugenol and related congeners - A mechanism of activation for methyleugenol

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 453, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-33

  Burkey, Jennifer Lewis ^a   Sauer, John Michael ^a   McQueen, Charlene A ^b   Glenn Sipes, I ^b  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Genotoxicity; Methyleugenol

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXANE OXIDE; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; EUGENOL; ISOEUGENOL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLEUGENOL; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; SAFROLE; SULFOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UNSCHEDULED DNA SYNTHESIS;

ANIMAL; DNA REPAIR; EUGENOL; FEMALE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MUTAGENS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0034692551     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(00)00070-1     Document Type: Article

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