A three generation study with genetically modified Bt corn in rats: Biochemical and histopathological investigation

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1164-1170

  Kiliç, Aysun ^a   Akay, M Turan ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biochemical analysis; Histopathology; Three generation study; Transgenic Bt corn; Wistar albino rat

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLOBULIN; UREA; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA MODIFICATION; DUODENUM; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR STRUCTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; STOMACH; TRANSGENIC CROP; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; DUODENUM; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STOMACH; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38749092567     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.11.016     Document Type: Article

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