Influence of coconut oil administration on some hematologic and metabolic parameters in pregnant rats

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1254-1258

  Nandakumaran, Moorkath ^a   Angelaki, Elisaveth ^b   Al Azemi, Nasser ^b   Al Sarraf, Hameed ^a   Al Saleh, Eyad ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Jahra Hospital   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Coconut oil; hematologic parameters; metabolic parameters; oral gavage; pregnant rats

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; COCONUT OIL; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TAP WATER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; PLANT OILS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGLYCERIDES; UREA; URIC ACID;

EID: 80053016106     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.572308     Document Type: Article

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