Evaluation of developmental toxicity of microbicide Nisin in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 598-603

  Gupta, Sadhana M ^a   Aranha, Clara C ^a   Reddy, K V R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity; Nisin; Pregnant; Rats; Teratology

Indexed keywords

MICROBICIDE; NISIN; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG SAFETY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS WEIGHT; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; TERATOGENICITY; THYMUS; TOXICITY TESTING; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NISIN; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 37449032001     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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