## Abstract **BACKGROUND:** Although valproic acid (VPA) is used extensively for treating various kinds of epilepsy, it causes hepatotoxicity and teratogenicity. In an attempt to develop a more potent and safer second generation to VPA drug, the amide derivatives of the tetramethylcyclopropyl VPA a
Teratology study of derivatives of tetramethylcyclopropyl amide analogues of valproic acid in mice
β Scribed by Akinobu Okada; Yuko Onishi; Yoshinobu Aoki; Boris Yagen; Eyal Sobol; Meir Bialer; Michio Fujiwara
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1542-9733
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