Maternal and developmental toxicity evaluation of Acanthus montanus leaves extract administered orally to Wistar pregnant rats during organogenesis

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 228-233

  Nana, P ^a   Asongalem, E A ^b   Foyet, H S ^a   Folefoc, G N ^a   Dimo, T ^a   Kamtchouing, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Acanthus montanus; Embryotoxicity; Organogenesis; Rat; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACANTHUS MONTANUS EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SITOSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHUS MONTANUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; FORELIMB; GROWTH RETARDATION; HINDLIMB; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OSSIFICATION; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLANT LEAF; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PUP (RODENT); RAT; TAIL; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WISTAR RAT;

ACANTHACEAE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TERATOGENS;

ACANTHUS MONTANUS; RATTUS;

EID: 39149128264     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.11.021     Document Type: Article

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