Role of tocotrienol-rich palm vitamin E on pregnancy and preimplantation embryos in nicotine-treated rats

Biomedical Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-184

  Mokhtar, Norfilza M ^a   Rajikin, Mohd Hamim ^b   Zakaria, Zaiton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Nicotine; Palm vitamin E; Pregnancy; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTECTION; RAT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 62749135976     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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