Evaluation of the teratogenicity of fennel essential oil (FEO) on the rat embryo limb buds culture

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 623-627

  Ostad, S N ^a   Khakinegad, B ^a   Sabzevari, O ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Culture; Fennel essential oil; Limb bud; Micromass; Teratogenicity

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; ESSENTIAL OIL; FENNEL OIL; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEOGLYCAN; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LOSS; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; FETUS CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STAINING; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROGENESIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOENICULUM; LIMB BUD; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TERATOGENS;

FOENICULUM VULGARE;

EID: 3142606716     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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