Effects of zinc gluconate and 2 other divalent cationic compounds on olfactory function in mice

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-365

  Duncan Lewis, Christopher A ^a   Lukman, Roy L ^b   Banks, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVALENT CATION; GLUCONATE COPPER; GLUCONATE ZINC; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MOUSE; NASAL LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; SMELLING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLUCONATES; MICE; OLFACTION DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857468976     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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