Pulmonary toxicity of thuringiensin administered intratracheally in Sprague-Dawley rats

Toxicology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-216

  Tsai, San Fu ^a,b   Liu, Bing Lan ^c   Liao, Jiunn Wang ^b   Wang, Jiunn Shiow ^a   Hwang, Jenn Sheng ^b   Wang, Shun Cheng ^b   Tzeng, Yew Min ^c   Ho, Shu Peng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Fibronectin; Hydroxyproline; Pulmonary toxicity; Thuringiensin

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; EXOTOXIN; FIBRONECTIN; HYDROXYPROLINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; THURINGIENSIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LD 50; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TOXICITY; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 0344838447     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(02)00744-8     Document Type: Article

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