Open AccessRetarded hippocampal development following prenatal exposure to ethanolic leaves extract of Datura metel in wistar rats
Author(s) -
Azeez Olakunle Ishola,
Philip Adeyemi Adeniyi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.126299
Subject(s) - gestation , saline , gestation period , pregnancy , hippocampal formation , medicine , biology , genetics
Datura metel contains atropine alkaloids and has been used to treat complication like asthma and, bronchitis, because of its anticholinergic properties.