Acute toxicity of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, 2,4-dinitrotoluene, and 2,6-dinitrotoluene in the adult bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeiana)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 487-491

  Paden, Norka E ^a   Smith, Ernest E ^a   Kendall, Ronald J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullfrog; High explosives; LD 50; Up and Down procedure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXIC EFFECTS; ACUTE TOXICITIES; DINITROTOLUENE (DNT); HIGH EXPLOSIVES (HE); ISOFORMS; MALE BULLFROGS; TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT);

BIODIVERSITY;

CHEMICALS;

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,6 DINITROTOLUENE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; KIDNEY NECROSIS; LD 50; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; SEIZURE; SKIN COLOR; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CYANOSIS; DINITROBENZENES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; LONGEVITY; LUNG; MALE; NECROSIS; RANA CATESBEIANA; SEIZURES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TRINITROTOLUENE;

LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 46249124279     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9467-9     Document Type: Article

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