Dietary zinc supplementation throughout pregnancy protects against fetal dysmorphology and improves postnatal survival after prenatal ethanol exposure in mice.

Summers, Brooke L

Dietary zinc supplementation throughout pregnancy protects against fetal dysmorphology and improves postnatal survival after prenatal ethanol exposure in mice. [electronic resource] - Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research Apr 2009 - 591-600 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1530-0277

10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00873.x doi


Abnormalities, Drug-Induced--prevention & control
Alcoholism--complications
Animals
Central Nervous System Depressants--adverse effects
Dietary Supplements
Disease Models, Animal
Embryonic Development--drug effects
Ethanol--adverse effects
Female
Liver--metabolism
Male
Metallothionein--metabolism
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Outcome
Pregnancy, Animal--drug effects
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects--chemically induced
Sodium Chloride--pharmacology
Zinc--administration & dosage