Maternal and developmental toxicity evaluation of melatonin administered orally to pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 271-279

  Jahnke, G ^a   Marr, M ^b   Myers, C ^b   Wilson, R ^a   Travlos, G ^a   Price, C ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Mammary gland; Melatonin; Pregnancy; Prenatal toxicity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS WEIGHT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; SEDATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AVERSIVE THERAPY; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MELATONIN; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344069780     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/50.2.271     Document Type: Article

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