The effects of Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud. on embryonic development: In vivo and in vitro studies

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 393-398

  Tian, Xiao Ying ^a   Xu, Min ^a   Deng, Bin ^a   Leung, Kelvin Sze Yin ^a   Cheng, King Fai ^b   Zhao, Zhong Zhen ^a   Zhang, Shi Ping ^a   Yang, Zhi Jun ^a   Deng, Ping Xiang ^a   Xu, Dong Ying ^a   Xu, Xiao Ping ^a   Koo, Irene ^a   Wong, Michael ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud.; Developmental toxicity; Embryonic stem cell; Embryotoxicity; Mouse; Teratogenicity

Indexed keywords

BOEHMERIA NIVEA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RETINOL; TERATOGENIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOEHMERIA NIVEA; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS RESORPTION; FETUS WEIGHT; HISTOLOGY; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; RAMIE; TERATOGENICITY; UTERUS WEIGHT;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BOEHMERIA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; FETUS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOTHERS; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; UTERUS;

BOEHMERIA NIVEA; MUS;

EID: 79952696864     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.12.034     Document Type: Article

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