Teratogenicity of arecoline hydrobromide on developing chick embryos: A preliminary report

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 356-362

  Paul, K ^a   Moitra, P K ^a   Mukherjee, I ^a   Maity, C ^a   Ghosal, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARECOLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CHICK EMBRYO; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO MORTALITY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; TERATOGENICITY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; ARECOLINE; CHICK EMBRYO; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TERATOGENS;

ANIMALIA; PIPER BETEL;

EID: 0033048021     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900882     Document Type: Article

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