Adverse pregnancy outcome in rats following exposure to a Salacia reticulata (Celastraceae) root extract

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 931-935

  Ratnasooriya, W D ^a   Jayakody, J R A C ^a   Premakumara, G A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Hypoglycemia; Postnatal development; Pregnancy outcome; Salacia reticulata

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CELASTRACEAE EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELASTRACEAE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DELIVERY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; EMBRYO DEATH; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HERBAL MEDICINE; JAW MOVEMENT; LACRIMATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLANT ROOT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PTOSIS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTION; RHINORRHEA; SALIVATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SRI LANKA; SURVIVAL; TERATOGENICITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREMOR;

ANIMALIA; CELASTRACEAE; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0043093795     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003000700015     Document Type: Article

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