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The teratogenic potential of two antifungal triazoles (Triadimefon and Triadimenol) has been investigated in vitro by the rat postimplantation whole embryo culture method. Rat embryos 9.5 d old were cultured for 48 h in rat serum with Triadimefon (12.5–250 μM) or Triadimenol (6.25–125 μM) and then examined. Some embryos exposed to Triadimenol (6.25–125 μM) were cultured for 12 extra hours in control serum to improve their developmental degree and then immunostain cranial nerves and ganglia. The exposure to the highest doses of triazoles only moderately reduced some morphometrical developmental parameters. By contrast, 25–250 μM Triadimefon and 25–125 μM Triadimenol induced specific concentration-related teratogenic effects at the level of first and second branchial arches. After immunostaining, embryos exposed to 12.5–125 μM Triadimenol showed specific cranial nerve and ganglia abnormalities. The possible implication of neural crest cell alterations on triazole-related abnormalities is discussed.
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Menegola, E., Broccia, M.L., Di Renzo, F. et al. In vitro teratogenic potential of two antifungal triazoles: Triadimefon and triadimenol. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 36, 88–95 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1290/1071-2690(2000)036<0088:IVTPOT>2.0.CO;2
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