The ameliorative and toxic effects of selenite on Caenorhabditis elegans

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 812-819

  Li, Wen Hsuan ^a   Hsu, Fu Lan ^b   Liu, Jui Tung ^a   Liao, Vivian Hsiu Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ALDICARB; LEVAMISOLE; SELENITE;

ARTICLE; BROOD PARASITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM SELENITE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 79952447830     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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