Furan is not genotoxic in the micronucleus assay in vivo or in vitro

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-50

  Durling, Louise J K ^a   Svensson, Kettil ^a   Abramsson Zetterberg, Lilianne ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberration; Flow cytometer; Furan; Micronucleus assay

Indexed keywords

FURAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER HOMOGENATE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FURANS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENS;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 33846817437     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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