Developmental effects of serum from flaxseed-fed rats on cultured rat embryos

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 835-840

  Flynn, T J ^a   Collins, T F X ^a   Sprando, R L ^a   Black, T N ^a   Ruggles, D I ^a   Wiesenfeld, P W ^a   Babu, U S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryotoxicity; Flaxseed; In vitro

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEEDING; GROWTH INHIBITION; LINSEED; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; RAT; SERUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037726747     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(03)00034-6     Document Type: Article

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