A 90-day subchronic toxicity study of nivalenol, a trichothecene mycotoxin, in F344 rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-135

  Takahashi, Miwa ^a   Shibutani, Makoto ^a   Sugita Konishi, Yoshiko ^a   Aihara, Maki ^a   Inoue, Kaoru ^a   Woo, Gye Hyeong ^a   Fujimoto, Hitoshi ^a   Hirose, Masao ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

F344 rats; Mycotoxin, trichothecene; Nivalenol; Subchronic toxicity

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN; NIVALENOL; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOOSE FECES; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYCOTOXINS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRICHOTHECENES;

RATTUS;

EID: 36849031299     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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