Effects of maternal administration of aluminum chloride on the development of the skeletal system of albino rat fetuses - protective role of saffron

European Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 63-71

  Hussein, Hoda H ^a   Mahmoud, Omayma M ^a  

^a Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aluminum chloride; Saffron; Skeletal development

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT;

ALUMINUM OVERLOAD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FIBULA; HUMERUS; LETHALITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PREGNANCY; PROTECTION; RADIUS; RAT; TIBIA; ULNA; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84880650875     PISSN: 11364890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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