Tissue accumulation and urinary excretion of chromium in rats fed diets containing graded levels of chromium chloride or chromium picolinate

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-491

  Yoshida, Munehiro ^a   Hatakeyama, Erika ^a   Hosomi, Ryota ^a   Kanda, Seiji ^b   Nishiyama, Toshimasa ^b   Fukunaga, Kenji ^a  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromium chloride; Chromium picolinate; Excess intake; The lowest observed adverse effect level (LOAEL); Trivalent chromium

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHROMIUM CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM PICOLINATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMUR; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY EXCRETION;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77956865777     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.35.485     Document Type: Article

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