Impact of Marine Drugs on animal reproductive processes

Marine Drugs

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 539-564

  Silvestre, Francesco ^a   Tosti, Elisabetta ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertilisation; Gametes; Marine drugs; Reproduction; Toxins

Indexed keywords

BIVITTOSIDE; BONELLIN; BREVETOXIN; CAULERPENYNE; DECADIENAL; DOMOIC ACID; HALENAQUINOL SULFATE; JASPAMIDE; JASPISIN; LATRUNCULIN A; MAITOTOXIN; MARINE DRUG; MARINE TOXIN; METHOXYCONIDIOL; OKADAIC ACID; STRONGYLOPHORINE; STYPOLDIONE; SULFONOGLYCOLIPID; TETRODOTOXIN; THEONELLAPEPTOLIDE IE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 75149120280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md7040539     Document Type: Review

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