Metabolism of butoxyethanol in excised human skin in vitro

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 151-155

  Traynor, Matthew J ^a   Wilkinson, Simon C ^b   Williams, Faith M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Research on Environment and Sustainability   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butoxyethanol; Human skin; In vitro; Metabolism; Skin absorption

Indexed keywords

2 BUTOXYETHANOL; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BUTOXYACETIC ACID; DRUG METABOLITE; ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVAPORATION; EXPOSURE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN SURFACE; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; GLYCOLATES; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 40849097438     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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