Mixture of vitamin C, hesperidin and piperidol exposure in pregnancy: Maternal-fetal repercussions

To evaluate the reproductive performance and the development of their offspring on rat pregnancy. Wistar pregnant rats were gavaged with 0 mg/kg wb/day (control group, n = 20) and 166.5 mg/kg/day of a mixture of vitamin C, hesperidin and piperidol (experimental group, n = 20) during the organogenic...

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Autores: Volpato, Gustavo Tadeu [UNESP], Damasceno, Débora Cristina [UNESP], Miranda, Márcia Regina F. [UNESP], Sabbag Filho, Daher, De Mattos Paranhos Calderon, Iracema [UNESP], Rudge, Marilza Vieira Cunha [UNESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/68722
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1516-93322006000100008
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/68722
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hesperidin and piperidol mixture
Maternal repercussions
Pregnancy
Rats
Vitamin C
ascorbic acid
hesperidin
piperidine derivative
animal experiment
atrophy
bladder sphincter
controlled study
embryo resorption
female
fetus death
fetus malformation
hydronephrosis
nonhuman
organogenesis
ossification
percussion
pregnancy
prenatal drug exposure
progeny
rat
sexual behavior
vagina smear
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Sumario:To evaluate the reproductive performance and the development of their offspring on rat pregnancy. Wistar pregnant rats were gavaged with 0 mg/kg wb/day (control group, n = 20) and 166.5 mg/kg/day of a mixture of vitamin C, hesperidin and piperidol (experimental group, n = 20) during the organogenic period (from day 5 to 14 of pregnancy; positive vaginal smear = day 0). The female rats were killed on day 21 of pregnancy. The number of implantations, resorptions (dead embryos), and live/dead fetuses were counted for the analysis of the postimplantation loss rates. There was neither alteration in maternal reproductive performance, but it was verified an increase of the number of fetuses presenting dilated urether, hydronephrosis, and reduced ossification of skull due to the treatment of female rats with a mixture of vitamin C, hesperidin and piperidol, these abnormalities were considered transitory and may not interfere on offspring development. It was not verified other type of major malformation neither the appearance of fetuses presenting atrophy of upper limbs that it could be associated to use of this drug.