Study of aconitine toxicity in rat embryos in vitro

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 208-212

  Xiao, Kai ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Liu, Yuqing ^a   Peng, Cheng ^b   Yan, Guangyan ^a   Zhang, Jianjun ^a   Zhuo, Yanqiang ^a   Li, Hongxia ^a,c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c New and Hi Tech Development Zone   (China)

Author keywords

Aconitine; Aconitum; Aconitum alkaloids; Dysmorphogenesis; Embryotoxicity; Rat; Whole embryo culture

Indexed keywords

ACONITINE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMITE;

ACONITINE; ANIMALS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; TERATOGENS;

ACONITUM; RATTUS;

EID: 34447254497     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20116     Document Type: Article

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