Teratogenic effect of diabetic serum is prevented by supplementation of superoxide dismutase and N-acetylcysteine in rat embryo culture

Diabetologia

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-14

  Wentzel, P ^a   Thunberg, L ^a   Eriksson, U J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

hydroxybutyrate; branched chain amino acids; congenital malformation; diabetic pregnancy; embryo culture; embryo development; glucose; N acetylcysteine; superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCYSTEINE; GLUCOSE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERATOGENS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031023058     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050636     Document Type: Article

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