Pulmonary cytotoxicity of secondary metabolites of Stachybotrys chartarum (Ehrenb.) Hughes

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-262

  Piecková, Elena ^a   Hurbánková, Marta ^a   Černá, Silvia ^a   Pivovarová, Zuzana ^a   Kováčiková, Zuzana ^a  

^a SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage parameters; Damp indoor environment; Intratracheal instillation; Moulds; Rats; Respiratory toxicity; Stachybotrys chartarum

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; CATHEPSIN D; CHLOROFORM; LACTAM DERIVATIVE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCROSE; TOXIN; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE; TRICHOTHECENE MYCOTOXIN DIACETOXYSCIRPENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CYTOTOXICITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INSTILLATION, DRUG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MYCOTOXINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STACHYBOTRYS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ANIMALIA; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 33846034882     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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