Effect of maternal raspberry leaf consumption in rats on pregnancy outcome and the fertility of the female offspring

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 605-609

  Johnson, Jill R ^a,b   Makaji, Emilija ^a   Ho, Shirley ^a   Xiong, Boya ^a   Crankshaw, Denis J ^a   Holloway, Alison C ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intrauterine exposure; Pregnancy loss; Puberty; Raspberry leaf; Transgenerational effects

Indexed keywords

KAEMPFEROL; QUERCETIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HERBAL MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT LEAF; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RASPBERRY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLANT LEAVES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ROSACEAE;

EID: 65549154040     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719109332823     Document Type: Article

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