Developmental toxicity of ethanol in chick heart in ovo and in micromass culture can be prevented by addition of vitamin C and folic acid

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 262-269

  Memon, Samreen ^a   Pratten, Margaret K ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chick embryos; Ethanol; Folic acid; Gross embryonic malformations; Heart malformations; In ovo culture; Micromass culture; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHICK; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PROTECTION; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; TERATOGENICITY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EMBRYO LOSS; ETHANOL; FETAL WEIGHT; FOLIC ACID; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 67650642285     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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