Adverse effects of melatonin on rat pups of Wistar-Kyoto dams receiving melatonin supplementation during pregnancy

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 751-752

  Singh, Harbindar Jeet ^a   Keah, Lee Siew ^b   Kumar, Arun ^b   Sirajudeen, K N S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Mortality; Pregnancy; Wistar Kyoto rats

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SUPPLEMENTATION; SURVIVAL; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MELATONIN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84867701442     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: 16181433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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