The effects of scutellaria baicalensis extract on embryonic development in mice

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-84

  Tian, Xiao Ying ^a   Cheung, Lok Man ^a   Leung, Kelvin Sze Yin ^a   Qi, Chen ^a   Deng, Bin ^a   Deng, Ping Xiang ^a   Xu, Min ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aqueous extract; Embryotoxicity; Herbal medicine; Mice; Scutellaria baicalensis; Teratogenicity

Indexed keywords

SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS EXTRACT; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO RESORPTION; FEEDING; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART WEIGHT; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MATERNAL WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT ROOT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON MALFORMATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; HEPATOMEGALY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MUS; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS;

EID: 65549158135     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20186     Document Type: Article

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