Developmental toxicity of homobrassinolide in wistar rats

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 517-522

  Murkunde, Yogeshkumar V ^a   Murthy, P Balakrishna ^a  

^a International Institute of Biotechnology and Toxicology   (India)

Author keywords

brassinosteroids; developmental toxicity; homobrassinolide; phytosterol; rat

Indexed keywords

BRASSINOSTEROID; HOMOBRASSINOLIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LITTER SIZE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; RAT; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; UTERUS WEIGHT; WISTAR RAT;

AGROCHEMICALS; ANIMALS; CHOLESTANONES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TERATOGENS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 78650059975     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: 1092874X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091581810375620     Document Type: Article

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