A study of the acid lability and acute toxicity of dimethoxymethane in rats

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 179-185

  Poon, Raymond ^a,b   Moir, David ^a   Elwin, James ^a   Nadeau, Brita ^a   Singh, Amreek ^c   Yagminas, Algis ^a   Chu, Ih ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b Environmental Health Centre Ottawa   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Artificial Gastric Juice; Dimethoxymethane Toxicity; Formic Acid; Methanol; Stability; Urinary Ascorbic Acid

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ASCORBIC ACID; BUFFER; CORTICOSTERONE; DIMETHYL ETHER; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; METHANOL; METHYLAL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYDROLYSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PH; RAT; STOMACH JUICE; TOXICOKINETICS; URINE LEVEL; URINE VOLUME;

ANIMALIA; ATAXIA;

EID: 0343526401     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10915810050074946     Document Type: Article

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