Synergistic effects of pyrrolizidine alkaloids and lipopolysaccharide on preterm delivery and intrauterine fetal death in mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 212-218

  Guo, Yu ^a   Ma, Zhenguo ^a   Kou, Hao ^a   Sun, Rongze ^a   Yang, Hanxiao ^a   Smith, Charles Vincent ^b   Zheng, Jiang ^b,c,d   Wang, Hui ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal death; Lipopolysaccharide; Oxidative injury; Preterm delivery; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCROTALINE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; RETRORSINE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; LATENT PERIOD; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GERMFREE ANIMAL; LIVER; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIVER; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 84881221082     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.06.238     Document Type: Article

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