Modulating effects of dietary fats on methylmercury toxicity and distribution in rats

Toxicology

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-44

  Jin, Xiaolei ^a   Lok, Eric ^a   Bondy, Genevieve ^a   Caldwell, Don ^a   Mueller, Rudi ^a   Kapal, Kamla ^a   Armstrong, Cheryl ^a   Taylor, Marnie ^a   Kubow, Stan ^c   Mehta, Rekha ^a   Chan, Hing Man ^b  

^a TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Dietary fats; Diets; Hematology; Immune system; Methylmercury; Pathology; Serum biochemistry

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CASEIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLMERCURY; SOYBEAN OIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FECES; FISH; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIVER; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY FATS; EATING; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FATTY ACIDS; FECES; FISH OILS; GROWTH; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID PEROXIDES; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MERCURY POISONING; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OILS; ORGAN SIZE; PLATELET COUNT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEALS, EARLESS; SOYBEAN OIL; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN E;

RATTUS;

EID: 33846240329     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2006.10.023     Document Type: Article

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