Comparative effects of prolonged administration of cyanide, thiocyanate and chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) to goats

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 356-363

  Soto Blanco, B ^a   Stegelmeier, B L ^b   Pfister, J A ^a,b   Gardner, D R ^b   Panter, K E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DO SEMI ÁRIDO   (Brazil)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chokecherry; Cyanide; Cyanogenic plants; Goats; Poisonous plants; Prunus virginiana; Thiocyanate

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; THIOCYANATE; THIOCYANATE POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CELL VACUOLE; COLLOID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOWER; GOAT; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRUNUS; PRUNUS VIRGINIANA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; FLOWERS; GOATS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; MESENCEPHALON; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, TOXIC; POISONS; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; PRUNUS; THIOCYANATES; THYROID GLAND; TOXICITY TESTS; VACUOLES;

CAPRA HIRCUS; PRUNUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 42049114645     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1286     Document Type: Article

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