Study of the embryofeto-toxicity of Crown-of-Thorns (Euphorbia milii) latex, a natural molluscicide

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1325-1332

  Souza, C A M ^a   De Carvalho, R R ^a   Kuriyama, S N ^a   Araujo, I B ^a   Rodrigues, R P ^a   Vollmer, R S ^a   Alves, E N ^a   Paumgartten, F J R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Embryofeto toxicity; Euphorbia milii; Euphorbiaceae; Plant molluscicides; Reproductive toxicity; Safety evaluation

Indexed keywords

CLONITRALIDE; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; LATEX; MOLLUSCACIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GROWTH RETARDATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SKELETON MALFORMATION; TERATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA MILII VAR. SPLENDENS; EUPHORBIACEAE; KOEBERLINIA SPINOSA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030659464     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X1997001100011     Document Type: Article

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