Diuron lacks promoting potential in a rat liver bioassay

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 897-903

  Grassi, Tony Fernando ^a   Tararam, Cibele Aparecida ^a   Spinardi Barbisan, Ana Lúcia Tozzi ^a   Domingues, Maria Aparecida Custódio ^a   De Camargo, João Lauro Viana ^a   Barbisan, Luís Fernando ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical hepatocarcinogenesis; Diuron; GST P positive foci; Pesticides; Rats

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; DIURON; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HERBICIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CENTRILOBULAR HYPERTROPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; DIURON; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE PI; HERBICIDES; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 37549004077     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926230701748040     Document Type: Article

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