An investigation of the value of the Tetrahymena pyriformis as a test organism for assessing the acute toxicity of antidepressants

Biomedical Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-40

  Uma, Senthilkumar ^a   Kelly, J P ^b   Rajasekaran, S K ^a  

^a St Matthew's Medical University   (Cayman Islands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Alternatives; Antidepressants; MTT assay; Tetrahymena pyriformis

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOSULEPIN; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; MAPROTILINE; MIANSERIN; PAROXETINE; REBOXETINE; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; TRIMIPRAMINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; IC 50; NONHUMAN; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 43049103494     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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