Effects of crocus sativus on the fetal development of NMRI mice

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-311

  Golalipour, Mohammad J ^a   Gharravi, Anneh M ^a   Ghafari, Sorya ^a   Afshar, Mohammad ^a   Khori, Vahid ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SAFRANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS WEIGHT; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROCUS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; IRAN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 40749113622     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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