A toxicological evaluation of the effect of Carapa guianensis Aublet on pregnancy in Wistar rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 122-126

  Costa Silva, J H ^a   Lyra, M M A ^a   Lima, C R ^a   Arruda, V M ^a   Araujo A V ^a   Ribeiro, A Ribeiro e ^b   Arruda, A C ^b   Fraga, M C C A ^a   Lafayette, S S L ^a   Wanderley, A G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carapa guianensis; Meliaceae; Pregnancy; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CARAPA GUIANENSIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS WEIGHT; MELIACEAE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PLANT SEED; PREGNANCY; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MELIACEAE; PLANT OILS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS;

ANIMALIA; CARAPA GUIANENSIS; MELIACEAE; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 34247893667     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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