Effect of fermented seed extract of Carica papaya on litters of female wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 854-857

  Abdulazeez, Mansurah A ^a   Ameh, Ahmadu D ^a   Ibrahim, Sani ^a   Ayo, Joseph O ^a   Ambali, Suleiman F ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anogenital distance; Crown rump length; Fermentation; Papaya seeds

Indexed keywords

CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANUS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONDIMENT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FERMENTED PRODUCT; FOOD SAFETY; GENITAL SYSTEM; GESTATIONAL AGE; NONHUMAN; PAPAYA; PLANT SEED; PROGENY; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; WEIGHT CHANGE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; CARICA PAPAYA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 62549163398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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