Teratogenicity of Mimosa tenuiflora seeds to pregnant rats

Toxicon

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 316-319

  Medeiros, R M T ^a   de Figueiredo, A P M ^a   Benicio T M A ^a   Dantas, F P M ^a   Riet Correa, F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Malformations; Mimosa tenuiflora; Rats; Teratogenic plants

Indexed keywords

MIMOSA TENUIFLORA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; MIMOSA; MIMOSA TENUIFLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEED; TERATOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MIMOSA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; TERATOGENS;

MIMOSA TENUIFLORA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 38349059073     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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