Subcellular distribution of di-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate in rat testis

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-124

  Ono, Hiroshi ^a   Saito, Yoshiaki ^a   Imai, Kiyoshi ^a   Kato, Masanobu ^b  

^a HATANO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Electron microscopy; Phthalic acid ester; Rats; Sertoli cells; Testicular toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLGI COMPLEX; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; LIVER CELL; LYSOSOME; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3042759535     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.29.113     Document Type: Article

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