Published March 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

The toxicity of tritium: the effects of tritiated amino-acids on preimplanted mouse embryos

  • 1. Commission of the European Communities, Ispra (Italy). Joint Research Centre
  • 2. Trinity Coll., Dublin (Ireland). Dept. of Biochemistry

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The effects of tritiated amino-acids, arginine, lysine, histidine and aspartic acid on the growth and development of two-cell mouse embryos, cultured in vitro, were investigated. The LD50 for the dibasic amino acids, measured on the third day of growth, ranged from 30 to 130 nCi/ml. This was compared with the DNA precursor, thymidine, for which the LD50 was 80 nCi/ml. (author)

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Journal Title
Int. J. Radiat. Biol. Relat. Stud. Phys., Chem. Med.
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
3
Series
Int. J. Radiat. Biol. Relat. Stud. Phys., Chem. Med.
Journal Page Range
245-250
ISSN
0020-7616