Application of an amphibian (Silurana tropicalis) metamorphosis assay to the testing of the chronic toxicity of three rice paddy herbicides: Simetryn, mefenacet, and thiobencarb

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-143

  Saka, Masahiro ^a   Tada, Noriko ^a   Kamata, Yoichi ^b  

^a Kyoto Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agrochemicals; Delayed development; Growth retardation; Malformations; Postembryonic toxicity; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

BENTHIOCARB; HERBICIDE; MEFENACET; SIMETRYNE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIAN; BIOASSAY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBICIDE; METAMORPHOSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY TEST;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; GRAVIMETRY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HINDLIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LC 50; LIMB MALFORMATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; RICE; SCOLIOSIS; TADPOLE; TERATOGENICITY; THYROID GLAND; TOXICITY TESTING; WILD SPECIES; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

ACETANILIDES; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; HERBICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; ORYZA SATIVA; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIOCARBAMATES; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; TRIAZINES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 84876997016     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.03.023     Document Type: Article

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