Toxicological studies of zinc oxide nanomaterials in rats

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1768-1779

  Gantedi, Shilpa ^a   Anreddy, Rama Narsimha Reddy ^a  

^a Vaageswari Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

ALP; BAL fluid; LDH; nanomaterials; pulmonary toxicity; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALP; BLOOD SAMPLES; BODY WEIGHT; CARBONYL IRON; DOSE-DEPENDENT; HISTOPATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS; INTRATRACHEAL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LDH; PARAMETERS ESTIMATED; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINES; POST-EXPOSURE; PULMONARY TOXICITY; QUARTZ PARTICLES; TISSUE DAMAGE; TWEEN 80; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO); ZINC OXIDE NANOMATERIALS; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES; ZNO PARTICLES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOSPHATASES; QUARTZ; RATS; TISSUE; ZINC OXIDE;

TOXICITY;

BIOMARKER; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMORPHISM; RODENT; TOXICOLOGY; TRANSLOCATION;

EID: 84867511381     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2012.731290     Document Type: Article

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