Acute oral toxicity of 3-MCPD mono- and di-palmitic esters in Swiss mice and their cytotoxicity in NRK-52E rat kidney cells

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3785-3791

  Liu, Man ^a   Gao, Bo Yan ^a   Qin, Fang ^a   Wu, Ping Ping ^b   Shi, Hai Ming ^a   Luo, Wei ^c   Ma, Ai Niu ^a   Jiang, Yuan Rong ^c   Xu, Xue Bing ^c   Yu, Liang Li ^a,d  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Wilmar International Limited   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

3 MCPD 1 monopalmitate; 3 MCPD dipalmitate; Acute oral toxicity; Cytotoxicity; LD50

Indexed keywords

1 PALMITOYL 3 CHLOROPROPANEDIOL; 1,2 BIS PALMITOYL 3 CHLOROPROPANEDIOL; ALPHA CHLOROHYDRIN; CREATININE; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ACUTE ORAL TOXICITY; ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL STRAIN NRK 52E; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LD 50; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SURVIVAL; SWISS WEBSTER MOUSE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL LINE; CREATININE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLYCEROL; LIVER; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PALMITIC ACID; RATS; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84865518139     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.07.038     Document Type: Article

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