Chronic toxicity of diethyl phthalate in male Wistar rats-A dose-response study

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-177

  Pereira, Contzen ^a   Mapuskar, Kranti ^a   Rao, C Vaman ^a  

^a ST XAVIER S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Diethyl phthalate (DEP); Enzymes; Histology; Serum

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORN OIL; ENZYME; GLYCOGEN; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VACUOLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GLYCOGEN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33745217598     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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