On the toxicity of kynurenic acid in vivo and in vitro

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1127-1133

  Turski, Waldemar A ^a   Małaczewska, Joanna ^b   Marciniak, Sebastian ^a   Bednarski, Jerzy ^a   Turski, Michał P ^a   Jabłoński, Mirosław ^a   Siwicki, Andrzej K ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

In vitro; Kynurenic acid; Mice; Rats; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; KYNURENIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY COMPOSITION; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN; 3T3 CELL LINE; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICK EMBRYO; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FIBROBLAST; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY FAT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CELL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CHICK; CHLOROCEBUS; CYTOLYSIS ASSAY; CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYO; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOCRIT; KIDNEY CELL; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; RODENT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHICK EMBRYO; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FIBROBLASTS; KYNURENIC ACID; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; RATS;

EID: 84908670973     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharep.2014.07.013     Document Type: Article

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