Rat embryo culture using rabbit serum as a medium for developmental toxicity studies

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-188

  Nakajima, Mikio ^a   Sasaki, Masanori ^a   Kobayashi, Youshiro ^a   Ohno, Yasuo ^b   Usami, Makoto ^b  

^a ASAHI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity; Postimplantation rat embryo culture; Rabbit serum; Rat serum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SERUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030837783     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1263(199705)17:3<185::aid-jat428>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Article

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