Abstract:The aim of this study was to determine the adverse effects of maternal nicotine treatment during pregnancy and on rat liver of newborns. Also to determine a protective effect of Trifolium Pratense seed extract against the deleterious effects of nicotine. All groups were treated from the 6 th day of gestation till parturition. The dams and their newborns were sacrificed and piece of liver from each subjected to the histological studies. The morphological findings of the newborns revealed marked signs of retarda… Show more
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