Evaluation of the developmental toxicity of artemether during different phases of rat pregnancy

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1437-1441

  El Dakdoky, M H ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Artemether; Embryo fetal toxicity; Embryolethality; Maternal toxicity; Rats

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO RESORPTION; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS RESORPTION; FETUS WASTAGE; FETUS WEIGHT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PREMATURE LABOR; RAT; TERATOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL RESORPTION; FETAL WEIGHT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TERATOGENS; WEIGHT GAIN;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 67349198605     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.03.027     Document Type: Article

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