Evaluation of 14 Organic Solvents and Carriers for Screening Applications in Zebrafish Embryos and Larvae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Maes, Jan ^a   Verlooy, Lien ^a   Buenafe, Olivia E ^a   de Witte, Peter A M ^a   Esguerra, Camila V ^a   Crawford, Alexander D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; 2 HYDROXYPROPYL BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; 2 PROPANOL; 4 HYDROXYMETHYL 2,2 DIMETHYL 1,3 DIOXOLANE; ACETAL DERIVATIVE; ACETONE; ACETONITRILE; ALCOHOL; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DRUG CARRIER; GLYCEROL; MACROGOL 400; METHANOL; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOSAFETY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE TOXICOLOGY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; SCREENING TEST; TOXICITY TESTING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FERTILIZATION; LARVA; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHENOTYPE; SOLVENTS; TERATOGENS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84867635181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043850     Document Type: Article

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