Evaluation of the Cytotoxic Effects of MEIC Chemicals 31-50 on Primary Culture of Rat Hepatocytes and Hepatic and Non-hepatic Cell Lines

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 423-436

  Ponsoda, Xavier ^a,b   Núñez, Cristina ^a   Castell, José Vicente ^a,b   Gómez Lechón, Maria José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

3T3; Cytotoxicity; FaO; Hep G2; Human toxicity prediction; MEIC; Primary rat hepatocytes

Indexed keywords

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS; PROKARYOTA; RODENTIA;

EID: 2542562878     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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