Implantation and pregnancy outcome of Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to pirimiphos-methyl

Oyesola Tolulope; Iranloye Bolanle; Adegoke Olufeyi

doi:10.2478/enr-2019-0014

Endocrine Regulations (Jul 2019)

Implantation and pregnancy outcome of Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to pirimiphos-methyl

Oyesola Tolulope,
Iranloye Bolanle,
Adegoke Olufeyi

Affiliations

Oyesola Tolulope: Department of Physiology, Benjamin Carson Senior School of Medicine, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun state, Nigeria;
Iranloye Bolanle: Department of Physiology, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Adegoke Olufeyi: Department of Physiology, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/enr-2019-0014
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 53, no. 3
pp. 139 – 145

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Objective. This study was designed to investigate the effect of sublethal doses (10, 60, and 120 mg/kg of pirimiphos-methyl on implantation and pregnancy in female Sprague-Dawley rats. Pirimiphos-methyl is a pesticide widely used worldwide, especially in Africa to protect food against pests and has gained widespread acceptance.

Published in Endocrine Regulations

ISSN: 1336-0329 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/ENR

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