Effect of methyl substitution of benzene on the percutaneous absorption and skin irritation in hairless rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-271

  Ahaghotu, E ^a   Babu, R J ^a   Chatterjee, A ^a   Singh, M ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbons; Cytokine; Skin irritation; Skin permeation; Skin retention; TEWL

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; FUEL; HYDROCARBON; INTERLEUKIN 1; OCTANOL; PETROLEUM; TOLUENE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; WATER; XYLENE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; GRANULOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN IRRITATION;

ANIMALS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; ERYTHEMA; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 27144538101     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2005.05.020     Document Type: Article

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