Research Article

Antiteratogenic Effects of -Carotene in Cultured Mouse Embryos Exposed to Nicotine

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Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity levels in E8.5 mouse embryos exposed to nicotine and β-carotene for 2 days in vitro. SOD activity in embryos treated with 1 mM nicotine in the absence or presence of 1 × 10−7 or 5 × 10−7μM β-carotene (β-car) was measured. Results are presented as mean ± SEM ( ). Significant differences (*control versus nicotine alone; #nicotine versus β-car + nicotine) were evaluated by one-way ANOVA at .
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