A preliminary report on the toxicity of arecoline on early pregnancy in mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 144-148

  Liu, Shao Tung ^a   Young, Gau Chyi ^b   Lee, Yi Chen ^b   Chang, Yung Fu ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Areca nut; Arecoline; Embryo; Mouse; Trophoblast outgrowth

Indexed keywords

ARECOLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; ARECOLINE; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PREGNANCY; TERATOGENS;

ARECA CATECHU; MUS; PIPER BETEL;

EID: 78650273073     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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