Evaluation of Xenopus tropicalis as an alternative test organism for frog embryo teratogenesis assay-Xenopus (FETAX)

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-189

  Song, Min Ok ^a   Fort, Douglas J ^b,c   McLaughlin, Daniel L ^b   Rogers, Robert L ^b   Thomas, John H ^b   Buzzard, Brody O ^b,c   Noll, Andra M ^b,c   Myers, Natalie K ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b FORT ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

6 Aminonicotinamide; Developmental toxicity; FETAX; Isoniazid; Methotrexate; Xenopus tropicalis

Indexed keywords

6 AMINONICOTINAMIDE; ISONIAZID; METHOTREXATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; TERATOGENESIS; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; XENOPUS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

6-AMINONICOTINAMIDE; ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ISONIAZID; METHOTREXATE; TERATOGENS; TOXICITY TESTS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 0042635649     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DCT-120022647     Document Type: Article

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