Induction of Developmental Toxicity in Mice Treated with Alstonia scholaris (Sapthaparna) in Utero

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 472-478

  Jagetia, Ganesh Chandra ^a   Baliga, Manjeshwar Shrinath ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Alstonia scholaris; Bent tail; Growth retardation; Syndactyly; Teratogen

Indexed keywords

ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS EXTRACT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALSTONIA; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; EXTERNAL EAR; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; INCISOR; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDACTYLY; TERATOGENICITY; TESTIS DESCENT; TOOTH ERUPTION; VAGINA;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ALSTONIA; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; TERATOGENS; TIME FACTORS;

ALSTONIA; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; PINNA;

EID: 0347357929     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.10047     Document Type: Article

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