Comparative 90-day dietary study of paraffin wax in Fischer-344 and Sprague-Dawley rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 363-372

  Griffis, L C ^a   Twerdok, L E ^b   Francke Carroll, S ^c   Biles, R W ^d   Schroeder, R E ^e   Bolte, H ^f   Faust, H ^g   Hall, W C ^h   Rojko, J ⁱ  

^a Toxicology Consulting   (United States)

^b Twerdok Consulting LLC   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^e MPI RESEARCH   (United States)

^f Huntingdon Life Sciences New Jersey   (United States)

^g Calumet Penreco   (United States)

^h Hall Consulting Inc ^*  (United States)

ⁱ Pathololgy Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell markers; Inflammation; Liver granuloma; Mineral hydrocarbon; Rat strains; Wax

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LYSOZYME; PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER GRANULOMA; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHOID CELL; MACROPHAGE; MELTING POINT; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR VOLUME; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CD4-CD8 RATIO; DIET; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LYMPH NODES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MURAMIDASE; ORGAN SIZE; PARAFFIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISCOSITY;

RATTUS;

EID: 72449210426     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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