abstract：:Sulfolane is a solvent which produces hypothermia and decreased oxygen consumption following acute exposure. In the present experiment, we investigated effects of sulfolane on a behavioral measure of toxicity at ambient temperatures which would either prevent or facilitate the development of hypothermia. Adult male Lo...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Ruppert PH,Dyer RS

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On chronic administration of 20 microliter of chilli extract to the cheek pouch of hamsters till death, 23% of the hamsters developed shrunken eye balls and closing of the eyelids. This effect was not observed in hamsters which received a single application of the potent carcinogen methylacetoxymethyl nitrosamine (DMN...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Agrawal RC,Sarode AV,Lalitha VS,Bhide SV

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxic and teratogenic effects of 4 organophosphorus compounds (phenyl saliginen cyclic phosphate (PSCP), leptophos-oxon (LPTO), tri-o-tolyl phosphate (TOTP), and paraoxon (PXN] were investigated in the embryos of 3 species of frogs. Developmental abnormalities were observed in surviving embryos of each of the 3 sp...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Fulton MH,Chambers JE

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis is characterized by an abnormal accumulation of fibroblasts with a resultant increase in lung collagen content. Previous research has implied a possible involvement of the T-lymphocyte in this process. We used cyclosporin A (Cy A), a known immunosuppressant, to deplete T-lymphocyte-depe...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Sendelbach LE,Lindenschmidt RC,Witschi HP

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The industrial solvent dioxane (1,4-diethylene dioxide) was evaluated for teratogenic potential in Sprague-Dawley rats. The compound was administered on days 6-15 of gestation by gavage (0, 0.25, 0.5 and 1.0 ml/kg/day). A slight maternal toxicity, as evidenced by reduced weight gain, was observed with 1.0 ml/kg. Anima...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Giavini E,Vismara C,Broccia ML

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous and mitomycin C-induced sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) in lymphocytes were analyzed in 24 non-smokers and 24 sex- and age-matched smokers. Mean spontaneous SCE frequency for non-smokers was 9.8 SCEs/cell, and that for smokers was 11.5 SCEs/cell. The difference was statistically significant (P less than ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Nagaya T,Toriumi H

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Groups of Sprague-Dawley rats were dosed per os for 4 consecutive days with 0.0, 0.2, 2.0 or 4.0 mg cyclopiazonic acid (CPA)/kg body weight/day, and killed on the fifth day. Sections of liver were prepared for electron microscopic examination. Dilatation of the rough endoplasmic reticulum was observed in all hepatocyt...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Hinton DM,Morrissey RE,Norred WP,Cole RJ,Dorner J

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effects of chronic slight to moderate lead exposure on the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in normotensive man. Plasma renin activity (PRA), blood angiotensin I (AI) concentration, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activity and aldosterone concentration were measured in 33 normotensive men, ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Campbell BC,Meredith PA,Scott JJ

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnant mice of C57BL/6 and DBA/2 inbred strains were exposed to cigarette smoke during days 1-18 of pregnancy. Both mothers and offspring were killed at the age of 21-22 weeks, and ovaries were studied with respect to the number of primordial follicles and small primary follicles. In additional studies, 7,12-dimethy...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Vähäkangas K,Rajaniemi H,Pelkonen O

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multi-unit, dynamic flow, inhalation exposure system which is capable of accommodating 12 mice per unit has been described. Components of the system include a mixing board, one or more glass distributing tubes, and detachable glass chamber tubes. The flow of a specified concentration of test gas exits from the mixin...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kapeghian JC,Waters IW,Jones AB

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protective effect of preadministration of the metals Cu, Bi, Zn, Hg, Cd, Ni or Co, against lethal toxicity of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (Cisplatin; CDDP) was observed in mice. However, the protective effect seems not always to correlate with metallothionein (MT) levels in the liver and kidney of mice treated with...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Naganuma A,Satoh M,Koyama Y,Imura N

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral intubation of 50 and 100 mg/kg acephate inhibited brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity by 45% and 56%, and reduced basal luteinizing hormone (LH) concentration by 29% and 25% after 4 h in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis). Dietary exposure to 25, 100, and 400 ppm acephate for 5 days sub...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Rattner BA,Michael SD

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of a single intravenous (i.v.) injection of cadmium nitrate was investigated in livers of male Wistar rats. A significant increase in liver weight, accompanied by an elevation of total hepatic DNA content was observed. DNA synthesis as measured by the incorporation of [3H]thymidine, was found to be 6 times ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Ledda-Columbano GM,Columbano A,Coni PP,Vargiu M,Liguori C,Pani P

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidation of styrene to styrene oxide and the hydration of this metabolite to styrene glycol was investigated in hepatocytes, 9000 x g supernatant (S9) and the microsomal fraction from rat liver. Similar amounts of free styrene oxide were found in microsomes, hepatocytes and S9. However, on the basis of the format...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Belvedere G,Elovaara E,Vainio H

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats (Fisher, Wistar, Donryu and Sprague-Dawley strains) were exposed to 5 approximately 3500 ppm toluene for 8 h, and urine samples were analyzed for hippuric acid and cresols. While hippuric acid increased in proportion to the exposure concentration, a sharp increase in o-cresol excretion was observed at high toluen...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Inoue O,Seiji K,Ishihara N,Kumai M,Ikeda M

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxynivalenol (DON), 3-acetyldeoxynivalenol (acetylDON) and zearalenone (Ze) were examined for their in vitro effect on mitogen-induced lymphocyte blastogenesis using rat or human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL). A dose-dependent reduction of lymphocyte proliferation was demonstrated for each mycotoxin. However, t...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Atkinson HA,Miller K

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When 3-nitropropanol (NPOH) was injected into the rumen (30 mg/kg), abomasum (10 mg/kg) or small intestine (10 mg/kg) of sheep, it was rapidly absorbed and converted to 3-nitropropionic acid (NPA). The reticulo-rumen was the major site of absorption for the miserotoxin aglycone but the abomasum and the small intestine...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Pass MA,Majak W,Muir AD,Yost GS

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary administration of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP; 2%) to male rats caused testicular atrophy. Serum non-esterified fatty acid increased while cholesterol, triglyceride and phospholipid decreased in treated rats. Testicular concentration of cholesterol and non-esterified fatty acid increased in DEHP-treated ra...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Oishi S

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity of beta-glucuronidase and cathepsin-D were studied in brain, spinal cord and sciatic nerves of rats at 24 h or 10 days after daily i.p. administration of 50 mg/kg acrylamide. The activities of beta-glucuronidase and cathepsin-D in brain, spinal cord and sciatic nerves remained unaffected on single exposure bu...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Srivastava SP,Srivastava SP,Seth PK

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EDTA, 1,2-cyclohexylenediamine tetra-acetic acid (CDTA), hexamethylene 1,6-diamine N,N,N',N'-tetra-acetic acid (HDTA), diethylene-triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA) and nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) were examined for the removal of manganese-54(54Mn) from some organs of sham-operated and partially hepatectomized rats in e...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kaur G,Srivastava UC,Dwivedi RS,Srivastava RC

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male mice (Q strain) received a single i.p. injection of 14 organophosphorus compounds, including 11 insecticides, administered on separate occasions. After a recovery period of 10 to 15 days, the cytogenic effects were analyzed in primary spermatocytes at diakinesis-metaphase I corresponding to the treatment of A4-B ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Degraeve N,Chollet MC,Moutschen J

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A low-Mr copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn)-binding protein was present in the liver of a control water lizard Triturus pyrrhogaster. Cadmium (Cd) accumulated in the liver of the animals after intramuscular injections of Cd salt and was bound to Cu- and Zn-binding protein of a single isoform that had properties characteristic ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Suzuki KT,Akitomi H,Kawamura R

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single s.c. injection of 60 mg/kg of monocrotaline to rats induced pulmonary alterations characterized by hyaline thrombi of capillaries and arterioles, focal necrosis of alveolar walls, and medial thickening and intimal hyalinosis of arteries. Such pathological alterations became apparent 7 days after injection and...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Hayashi Y,Kokubo T,Takahashi M,Furukawa F,Otsuka H,Hashimoto K

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular uptake and cytotoxicity of chenodeoxycholic acid, delivered free or encapsulated in liposomes, were compared in isolated rat hepatocytes. As quantified by leakage of cytoplasmic and lysosomal enzymes into the medium, cells exposed to free chenodeoxycholic acid displayed a dose-dependent cytotoxic response. Ce...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Salhab AS,Stacey NH,Dujovne CA

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of lead exposure on dopaminergic mechanisms regulating prolactin (PRL) secretion was studied in rats by measuring dopamine (DA) and dihydroxyphenylacetic acid hypothalamic concentrations and DA receptor density in the hypothalamus and pituitary of lead-exposed animals. [3H]Sulpiride was used as dopamine rec...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Govoni S,Lucchi L,Battaini F,Spano PF,Trabucchi M

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of C57Bl mice to 10 ppm benzene (the current occupational exposure limit) for 6 h/day, 5 days/week causes a progressive depression in the in vitro colony forming ability of one of the erythroid progenitor cells, the colony-forming unit-erythroid (CFU-E). Colony growth of cells from exposed mice was only 5% of...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Baarson KA,Snyder CA,Albert RE

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of pregnant C57BL/6N mice with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran (TCDF) (0, 250, 500, and 1000 micrograms/kg on gestation day 10 or 0, 10, 30, 50, and 100 micrograms/kg on gestation days 10-13) results in dose-related increases in isolated cleft palates and hydronephrotic kidneys in the offspring. TCDF is tera...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Weber H,Lamb JC,Harris MW,Moore JA

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The decrease of pyrimidine 5'-nucleotidase (P5N) in human erythrocytes, detected in persons occupationally exposed to lead (Pb), is not an in vitro artefact resulting from the release of lead during erythrocyte hemolysis but is a true reflection of the enzyme activity in vivo. Like Pb, mercury (Hg) and cadmium (Cd) io...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Mohammed-Brahim B,Buchet JP,Bernard A,Lauwerys R

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impairments induced by sublethal doses of two pesticides Carbaryl and Endosulfan have been studied on the ovaries of a freshwater teleost Channa striatus by exposing the fish for a period of 2 to 30 days during the spawning season. The pesticide exposure produced reduction in the number of oocytes, reduction in size a...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kulshrestha SK,Arora N

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of sublethal concentration (0.8 of LC50 96 h) of nickel sulphate (NiSO4 X 7H2O) on muscle glycogen and blood lactic acid levels of a freshwater teleost, Colisa fasciatus, at time intervals from 3-96 h have been recorded. Muscle glycogen levels showed a general decrease at all time intervals compared with contr...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Chaudhry HS

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated i.p. with different doses of bromobenzene (0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.5 mmol/kg) in corn oil for 4 weeks. The animals were killed 24 h after the end of the treatment for hepatic drug metabolism studies. A significant induction of the activities of microsomal aniline hydroxylase (51%) ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Chakrabarti S

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was carried out in order to investigate the effects of inhaled volatile anesthetic gases in subanesthetic concentrations on circulating hormones essential for normal male reproduction. Male mature rats were exposed daily, up to 11 days, to halothane or enflurane in concentrations up to 500 and 1000 p...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Cameron AM,Dale O,Haug E,Nilsen OG

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dose-dependent effects of sodium saccharin on the fertility and the induction of chromosomal translocations in treated mice and their F1 males were examined. C3H X 101 mice were treated with saccharin for 2 successive weeks at doses of 200 and 500 mg/kg of body wt. Data from the fertility study showed that sacchar...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Pecevski J,Vuksanović L,Savković N,Alavantić D,Radivojević D

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of flavoglaucin from Aspergillus chevalieri (Mangin) Thom et Church on mitochondrial reactions have been investigated to obtain insight into the mode of actions on biomembranes by means of isolated rat liver mitochondria. It was found that flavoglaucin exhibited a strong uncoupling effect on oxidative phos...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kawai K,Mori H,Kitamura J

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats injected i.p. with 100 mg ethylhexyl nitrate/kg body wt excreted 0.3% of the dose in the urine within 24 h. No urinary nitrite was found within 5 postinjection hours while an output of 26.9 +/- 15.8 micrograms nitrite/h X kg body wt. was detected between 5-24 h. Cerebral glutathione concentration was below the co...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Someroja S,Savolainen H

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of femoral-epiphyseal acid phosphatase, a marker enzyme of bone resorption induced by parathyroid hormone, was increased by a single oral dose of Zn 100 mg/kg to rats. This increase was completely inhibited by calcitonin which has antagonistic effect on the action of parathyroid hormone on bone, thus supp...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Yamaguchi M,Takahashi K

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because coarse mode particles are rarely studied in their existing size ranges (greatest mass about 5-7 microns, aerodynamic diameter), we investigated the effects of four such particles, quartz, ferric oxide, calcium carbonate, and sodium feldspar, on host defenses against bacterial pulmonary infection. Mice which re...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Aranyi C,Graf JL,O'Shea WJ,Graham JA,Miller FJ

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice given single i.v. doses of some radiopharmaceuticals containing stannous chloride as a reducing agent, showed significant inhibition of hepatic azo-reductase and aromatic hydroxylase activity at dose levels which contained as little as 0.2 mg/kg of stannous chloride. Cytochrome P-450 content was also reduced sign...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Burba JV

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term (20 days) treatment with methyl mercury (MeHg) increases the total number of benzodiazepine binding sites and decreases essentially the content of cyclic GMP in the cerebellar cortex. In contrast, this treatment fails to modify the content of GABA and cyclic AMP, GAD activity and GABA binding sites in the sa...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Concas A,Corda MG,Salis M,Mulas ML,Milia A,Corongiu FP,Biggio G

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxicity in terms of haemolytic potency in vitro of eight surfactants failed to correlate with in vivo rabbit eye irritancy. Ability of the same surfactants to block spontaneous contractions of mouse and rabbit isolated ileum (especially the latter), correlated better with in vivo findings in rabbit eyes. Effectiv...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Muir CK,Flower C,Van Abbé NJ

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00