Effect of sorbic acid administration on urinary trans,trans-muconic acid excretion in rats exposed to low levels of benzene

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1799-1806

  Marrubini, G ^a   Coccini, T ^b   Maestri, L ^b   Manzo, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biological monitoring; Sorbic acid; Trans,trans Muconic acid

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; MUCONIC ACID; SORBIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SORBIC ACID;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036888061     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(02)00185-0     Document Type: Article

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