Fatal poisoning with plant growth regulator – chlormequat
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Chlormequat is a commonly used plant growth regulator in agriculture. Defined levels of chlormequat residue are allowed in food and an acceptable daily intake is defined for humans. However, there are results in the literature suggesting that a daily intake below the acceptable level for human is detrimental for mammalian reproduction. In the present experiment we investigated the effect of chl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ceylon Medical Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2386-1274,0009-0875
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v61i2.8297