Genotoxicity of Aflatoxin B1 and Ochratoxin A after simultaneous application of the in vivo micronucleus and comet assay

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 116-124

  Corcuera, Laura Ana ^a   Vettorazzi, Ariane ^a   Arbillaga, Leire ^a   Pérez, Noemí ^a   Gil, Ana Gloria ^a   Azqueta, Amaya ^a   González Peñas, Elena ^a   García Jalón, Jose Antonio ^b   López de Cerain, Adela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Combined exposure; Comet assay; Micronucleus; Mycotoxins; Ochratoxin A

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DNA; OCHRATOXIN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FISCHER 344 RAT; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

AFLATOXIN B1; ANIMALS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEPATOCYTES; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; OCHRATOXINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 84920747593     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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