Absence of liver tumor-initiating activity of kojic acid in mice

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 299-304

  Moto, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Mori, Taeko ^a   Okamura, Miwa ^a   Kashida, Yoko ^a   Mitsumori, Kunitoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genotoxicity; Hepatocarcinogenicity; ICR mouse; Initiation assay in the liver; Kojic acid

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; KOJIC ACID; PHENOBARBITAL; TUMOR MARKER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LABELING INDEX; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATOCYTES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PHENOBARBITAL; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; PYRONES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645887223     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-005-0034-4     Document Type: Article

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