Sub-acute oral toxicity study with fullerene C60 in rats

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 353-361

  Takahashi, Mika ^a   Kato, Hina ^a   Doi, Yuko ^b   Hagiwara, Akihiro ^b   Hirata Koizumi, Mutsuko ^a   Ono, Atsushi ^a   Kubota, Reiji ^a   Nishimura, Tetsuji ^a   Hirose, Akihiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Daiyukai Research Institute for Medical Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fullerene C60; Gavage; Rat; Repeated dose toxicity

Indexed keywords

FULLERENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LARGE INTESTINE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN WEIGHT; STOMACH; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY; URINALYSIS;

RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84859333172     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.37.353     Document Type: Article

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