Betaine in sub-acute and sub-chronic rat studies

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1685-1700

  Hayes, K C ^a   Pronczuk, Andrzej ^a   Cook, Melvyn W ^b   Robbins, Mark C ^c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANISCO ANIMAL NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

^c BIBRA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betaine; Growth; Hemoglobin; Rats; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; FAT DROPLET; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD TOXICITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER CELL; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141888271     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(03)00196-0     Document Type: Article

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