Subchronic mycotoxicoses in rats. Histopathological changes and modulation of the sphinganine to sphingosine (Sa/So) ratio imbalance induced by Fusarium verticillioides culture material, due to the coexistence of aflatoxin B1 in the diet

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 967-977

  Theumer, M G ^a   Lopez A G ^a   Aoki, M P ^a   Canepa M C ^a   Rubinstein, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Apoptosis; Biomarkers; Fumonisins; Mycotoxins

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; FUMONISIN B1; MYCOTOXIN; SPHINGANINE; SPHINGOSINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL CULTURE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; FOOD INTAKE; FUSARIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; MYCOTOXICOSIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RAT;

AFLATOXIN B1; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUSARIUM; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MYCOTOXICOSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ASPERGILLUS; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; RATTUS;

EID: 38749085704     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.10.041     Document Type: Article

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