Evaluation of the reproductive and developmental toxicity of aluminium ammonium sulfate in a two-generation study in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1948-1959

  Hirata Koizumi, Mutsuko ^a   Fujii, Sakiko ^b   Ono, Atsushi ^a   Hirose, Akihiko ^a   Imai, Toshio ^a,c   Ogawa, Kumiko ^a   Ema, Makoto ^a   Nishikawa, Akiyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Safety Research Institute for Chemical Compounds Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminium ammonium sulfate; Developmental toxicity; Food additive; Rat; Two generation reproductive toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM AMMONIUM SULFATE; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALUMINUM OVERLOAD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MAZE TEST; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX RATIO; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPLEEN WEIGHT; THYMUS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; REPRODUCTION; TERATOGENS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79960844657     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.04.035     Document Type: Article

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