Resazurin metabolism assay is a new sensitive alternative test in isolated pig cornea

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 122-129

  Perrot, Sébastien ^a,c   Duterte Catella, Hélène ^a,b   Martin, Chantal ^a   Rat, Patrice ^a,c   Warnet, Jean Michel ^a,c  

^a Centre Universitaire des Saints Pères   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Isolated corneal model; Resazurin; Surfactants; Toxicological assessment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; RESAZURIN; RESORUFIN; SURFACTANT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG METABOLISM; EYE IRRITATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUOROMETRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SWINE; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

1-BUTANOL; 1-OCTANOL; 2-PROPANOL; ALCOHOLS; ANIMALS; CORNEA; ETHANOL; GLYCEROL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXAZINES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; SWINE; TOXICITY TESTS; XANTHENES;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037339428     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfg014     Document Type: Article

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