Evaluation of the acute toxicity of perfluorinated carboxylic acids using eukaryotic cell lines, bacteria and enzymatic assays

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-285

  Mulkiewicz, E ^a   Jastorff, B ^b   Skladanowski A C ^c   Kleszczynski K ^c   Stepnowski, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

AChE; C6; GR; IPC 81; Perfluorinated acids; Toxicity; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HEPTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NONANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CALORIMETRY; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; ENZYME ASSAY; EUKARYOTE; FLUORINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 33847019912     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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