Pine needle abortion in cattle: Metabolism of isocupressic acid

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2891-2897

  Gardner, Dale R ^a   Panter, Kip E ^a   James, Lynn F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle abortions; Isocupressic acid; Metabolism; Ponderosa pine

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE;

ABORTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GOAT; GUINEA PIG; INCUBATION TIME; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOCUPRESSIC ACID; LIVER HOMOGENATE; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PINE; PREGNANCY; RAT; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; SWINE; TREE; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATTLE; DITERPENES; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES; TREES;

EID: 0032869476     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf981322d     Document Type: Article

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