Acute and sub-chronic oral toxicological evaluations of quinocetone in Wistar rats

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 421-427

  Wang, Xu ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Wang, Yulian ^a   Peng, Dapeng ^a   Ihsan, Awais ^a   Huang, Xianju ^a   Huang, Lingli ^a   Liu, Zhenli ^a   Dai, Menghong ^a   Zhou, Wen ^a   Yuan, Zong Hui ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute; Quinocetone; Quinoxaline; Sub chronic; Toxicity; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CARBADOX; CREATININE; GROWTH PROMOTOR; MEQUINDOX; OLAQUINDOX; PROTEIN; QUINOCETONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; KIDNEY MASS; LD 50; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; KIDNEY; LIVER; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

MUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; MALE; MICE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 79952069722     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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