Lethal and teratogenic effects of naringenin evaluated by means of an amphibian embryo toxicity test (AMPHITOX)

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 299-306

  Perez Coll C S ^a,b   Herkovits, J ^a,b  

^a Fundacion PROSAMA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AMPHITOX; Developmental toxicity; Naringenin toxicity; Teratogenesis

Indexed keywords

NARINGENIN; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GILL; LETHALITY; MICROCEPHALY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TERATOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; BUFO; BUFO ARENARUM;

ANIMALS; BUFO ARENARUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FLAVANONES; FLAVONOIDS; GILLS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0345096589     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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