Ruta graveolens aqueous extract retards mouse preimplantation embryo development

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 667-672

  Gutiérrez Pajares, Jorge L ^a,b   Zúñiga, Lidia ^a   Pino, José ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos   (Peru)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cell number; Embryo; Embryo transport; Embryotoxicity; Mouse; Preimplantation; Rue; Ruta graveolens

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RUTA GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; MATING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; SUPEROVULATION;

RUTA; RUTA GRAVEOLENS;

EID: 0345307586     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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