Subchronic oral toxicity study of furan in B6C3F1 mice

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 787-794

  Gill, S ^a   Kavanagh, M ^a   Barker, M ^b   Weld, M ^b   Vavasour, E ^b   Hou, Y ^a   Cooke, G M ^a  

^a TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

furan; gavage; NOAEL; toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FURAN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CARCINOGENICITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; FURANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; ORGAN SIZE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79961086240     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623311412980     Document Type: Article

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