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dc.contributor.authorDissabandara, D.
dc.contributor.authorChandrasekara, M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:09:57Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:09:57Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.modified2011-06-01T22:55:09Z
dc.identifier.issn00112232
dc.identifier.doi10.4038/cjms.v50i1.116
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/38961
dc.description.abstractThe effect of prenatal exposure to ginger on pregnancy outcome and postnatal development of Sprague Dawley rats was studied. Pregnant rats were administered with dry powder extracts of ginger orally at doses of 500 or 1000 mg/kg/day from gestation day 5 to 15. The daily food and water intake was significantly reduced during the exposure period in both groups of ginger fed rats. The weight gain during the exposure period and the total weight gain in pregnancy were also significantly low in both groups of ginger fed rats compared to the control. There was a significant embryonic loss in ginger fed rats. The growth and physical maturation parameters of the offspring exposed to ginger were unaffected. The results of this study suggests that maternal administration of ginger during mid pregnancy results in reduced maternal weight gain and increased embryonic loss without affecting the postnatal growth and physical maturation of the surviving offspring.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Colombo
dc.publisher.placeColombo, Sri Lanka
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto7
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCeylon Journal of Medical Science
dc.relation.ispartofvolume50
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchFoetal Development and Medicine
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode111401
dc.titleEffects of prenatal ginger rhizome extract treatment on pregnancy outcome and postnatal development of Sprague Dawley rats
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2007
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDissabandara, Lakal L.


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