Chlorella suppresses methylmercury transfer to the fetus in pregnant mice

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 675-680

  Uchikawa, Takuya ^a   Maruyama, Isao ^a   Kumamoto, Shoichiro ^a   Ando, Yotaro ^a   Yasutake, Akira ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorella; Detoxification; Methylmercury; Neonate; Parachlorella beijerinckii; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIRTH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN; CHLORELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FETUS; KIDNEY; LETTER; LIVER; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY;

MUS; PARACHLORELLA BEIJERINCKII;

EID: 80053468148     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.36.675     Document Type: Letter

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