Embryotoxic and Teratogenic Effects of Norfloxacin in Pregnant Female Albino Rats

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(a) Pulmonary hypoplasia with cardiac enlargement, (b) diverticulum dilatation, (c) kidney hypoplasia, (d) absence of digit’s bone of fore limb, (e) partial absence of caudal vertebrae, and (f) irregular and short ribs of a fetuses obtained from pregnant rats after repeated oral administration of 2000 mg norfloxacin/Kg⋅b⋅wt from 6th to 15th day of pregnancy. C in blue circle represent (control group) and T in blue circle represent (treated group).

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