Refinement of the charcoal meal study by reduction of the fasting period

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-107

  Prior, Helen ^a   Ewart, Lorna ^a   Bright, Jonathan ^a   Valentin, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charcoal meal; Fasting period; Gastric emptying; Intestinal transit; Refinement

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHARCOAL MEAL TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH EMPTYING; TEST MEAL; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84864186423     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119291204000209     Document Type: Article

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