ANTIFERTILITY AND CANNIBALISTIC PROPERTIES OF SOME MYCOTOXINS IN ALBINO-RATS

Authors
CHOUDHARY DN SAHAY GR SINGH JN
Citation
Dn. Choudhary et al., ANTIFERTILITY AND CANNIBALISTIC PROPERTIES OF SOME MYCOTOXINS IN ALBINO-RATS, Journal of Food Science and Technology, 31(6), 1994, pp. 497-499
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Journal of Food Science and Technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221155
Volume
31
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
497 - 499
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1155(1994)31:6<497:AACPOS>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Effect of oral administration of aflatoxin B-1 (AF-B-1), sterigmatocys tin and kojic acid at 10, 10, and 50 mu g dose. per animal/day, respec tively, on reproductive performance of male albino rats was studied. N one of these toxins interfered with spermatogenesis, but anti-implanta tional effect was observed in females, mated by the males treated with sterigmatocystin and kojic acid. A significant loss of viability amon g the litters and cannibalism in mothers, 2-3 days after littering, wa s observed.