Garlic in the Ovine Fetal Environment

Authors

Dale L. Nolte, Utah State University
Frederick D. Provenza, Utah State UniversityFollow
Robert Callan, Utah State University
Kip E. Panter

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Physiology and Behavior

Volume

52

Issue

6

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

1992

Recommended Citation

Nolte, D. L., Provenza, F. D., Callan, R., & Panter, K. E. (1992). Garlic in the ovine fetal environment. Physiology & Behavior, 52(6), 1091-1093.

First Page

1091

Last Page

1093

Abstract

We investigated whether the odor of garlic can cross the placental barrier from the mother to the fetal environment. Samples of amniotic fluid, allantoic fluid, fetal blood, and maternal blood were collected 0, 50, 100, and 150 min after a pregnant ewe (approximately day 110 of gestation) was gavaged with 6 ml of Egyptian garlic oil. A panel of judges detected (p < 0.05) garlic odor in samples of allantoic fluid, fetal blood, and maternal blood collected 50, 100, and 150 min after the ewe was given garlic and in samples of amniotic fluid collected 100 min after treatment.

Comments

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