Ethylbenzene: 4- and 13-week rat oral toxicity

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 361-370

  Mellert, Werner ^a   Deckardt, Klaus ^a   Kaufmann, Wolfgang ^a   Van Ravenzwaay, Bennard ^a  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAS 100 41 4; Ethylbenzene; Gavage; Oral; Rat; Repeat dose toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; ETHYLBENZENE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLOBULIN; HYALIN; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER WEIGHT; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RAT; SALIVATION; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BILIRUBIN; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING; EATING; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SALIVATION; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; UREA;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 34247842821     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-006-0154-5     Document Type: Article

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