Testicular toxicity of candidate fuel additive 1,6-dimethoxyhexane: Comparison with several similar aliphatic ethers

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 304-313

  Wade, Michael G ^a   Poon, Raymond ^a   Li, Nanqin ^a   Lee, Alice ^a   McMahon, Avril ^a   Chu, Ih ^a  

^a Environmental Health Sciences Bureau   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuel additives; Methoxyacetic acid; Pachytene spermatocytes; Spermatogenesis; Testis toxicity

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUEL; ETHER DERIVATIVE; METHOXYACETIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS WEIGHT; THYMUS; TOXICOKINETICS;

ACETIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ETHYL ETHERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GASOLINE; HEXANES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PACHYTENE STAGE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TESTIS; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 29544438864     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfj002     Document Type: Article

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