Developmental Toxicity of Arecoline, the Major Alkaloid in Betel Nuts, in Zebrafish Embryos

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-36

  Chang, Bei En ^a   Liao, Mei Hui ^a   Yen Ping Kuo, M ^a   Chen, Chi Hsiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ARECOLINE; CYCLIN D1; GLUTATHIONE; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RETARDATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LETHALITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ARECA; ARECOLINE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOGENESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; PIPER BETEL;

EID: 1042289685     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.10136     Document Type: Article

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