A comparative study on rat intestinal epithelial cells and resident gut bacteria: (I) effect of hexavalent chromium

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 331-338

  Upreti, R K ^a   Shrivastava, R ^a   Karman, A ^a   Chaturvedi, U C ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chromium Interaction; Cr (VI) Reduction; Escherichia coli; Gut Microflora; Intestinal Bacteria; Intestinal Epithelial Cells; Lactobacillus sp.; Membrane Enzymes; Pseudomonas sp.

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (MAGNESIUM); ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; INTOXICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PSEUDOMONAS; RAT; REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS SP.; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 27244438242     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/153765291009804     Document Type: Article

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