Effect of repeated administration of hexabromobenzene and 1,2,4,5-tetrabromobenzene on the levels of selected cytochromes in rat liver

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 347-353

  Bruchajzer, Elzbieta ^a   Frydrych, Barbara ^a   Szymańska, Jadwiga A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cytochromes; Hexabromobenzene; Rats; Tetrabromobenzene

Indexed keywords

1,2,4,5 TETRABROMOBENZENE; 3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; BROMOBENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; CYTOCHROME P450 2B; DECABROMOBIPHENYL ETHER; DECABROMODIPHENYL OXIDE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; LIVER ENZYME; PLASTIC; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBROMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; FIRE; FLUOROMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; LIVER MICROSOME; LIVER WEIGHT; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PAPER; PHOTOLYSIS; PYROLYSIS; RAT; SPECTROMETRY; TEXTILE; WOOD;

EID: 7544225471     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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