Pregnancy outcomes following pre- and post-implantation exposure of Sprague-Dawley rats to benzyl isothiocyanate

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 715-720

  Adebiyi, A ^a   Adaikan, P G ^a   Prasad, R N V ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Benzyl isothiocyanate; BITC; Isothiocyanates; ITCs; Pregnancy; SEM; Standard error of means; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BENZYL ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS RESORPTION; FETUS WEIGHT; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PERIODICITY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REFLEX; SPLEEN WEIGHT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXICITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL RESORPTION; FETUS; ISOTHIOCYANATES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 1642316882     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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