No Significant Differences Were Observed in the Amounts of DNA Strand Breaks Produced by Copper between Male and Female Liver Cells of Long-Evans Cinnamon (LEC) Strain Rats

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1109-1113

  Hayashi, Masanobu ^a   Kuge, Tomoko ^a   Endoh, Daiji ^a   Nakayama, Kenji ^b   Arikawa, Jiro ^c   Takazawa, Akira ^d   Okui, Toyo ^b  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Copper; DNA strand break; LEC rat; Liver

Indexed keywords

CINNAMOMUM VERUM;

COPPER; DNA; IRON;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; LIVER CELL; LONG EVANS CINNAMON RAT; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COMET ASSAY; COPPER; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTES; IRON; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEC; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035487456     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.63.1109     Document Type: Article

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