Rat olfactory mucosa displays a high activity in metabolizing methyl tert-butyl ether and other gasoline ethers

Fundamental and Applied Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-210

  Hong, Jun Yan ^a   Wang, Yong Yu ^a   Bondoc, Flordeliza Y ^a   Yang, Chung S ^a   Lee, Maojung ^a   Huang, Wei Qun ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL ETHER; GASOLINE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; TOXICOLOGY; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 26844447957     PISSN: 02720590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/faat.1997.2383     Document Type: Article

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