Pulmonary lesions associated with intratracheal Benzo(a)pyrene instillation in Sprague Dawley rats

• Main Authors: Mustapha, Mazlina, Karim, Abdulkarim Jafar, Saad, Mohd Zamri, Mohamed Mustapha, Noordin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6183/1/Pulmonary%20Lesions%20Associated%20with%20Intratracheal%20Benzo%28a%29pyrene%20Instillation%20in%20Sprague%20Dawley%20Rats.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6183/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JTAS%20Vol.%2034%20(2)%20Aug.%202011/23%20Pg%20367-372.pdf

This study was conducted to assess acute exposure to very low dose of intratracheally instilled Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) on the lungs of rats. A total of 30 rats were utilized in this study and they were randomly divided into 6 groups. The control group (G1) did not receive any treatment, whereas the ra...