Effect of fast green dye on some biophysical properties of thymocytes and splenocytes of albino mice

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 452-461

  Ali, Maha A ^a   Bashier, S A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dielectric constant; Fast green; Ionic conductivity; Relaxation time; Splenocytes; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; DRINKING WATER; FOOD ADDITIVE; TRIPHENYLMETHANE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; THYMOCYTE; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; ROSANILINE DYES; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646420898     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030500522598     Document Type: Article

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