Influence of toluene co-exposure on the metabolism and genotoxicity of benzene in mice using continuous and intermittent exposures

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 233-239

  Bird, M G ^a   Wetmore, B A ^b   Letinski, D J ^a   Nicolich, M ^c   Chen, M ^a   Schnatter, A R ^a   Whitman, F T ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b HAMNER INSTITUTES FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Cogimet ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Co exposure; Genotoxicity; Toluene

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BENZENE; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); TOLUENE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; GENOTOXICITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN DEPLETION;

ANIMALS; BENZENE; BONE MARROW; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; GENES; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MICE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; TOLUENE;

MUS;

EID: 77950628478     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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