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The effect upon preimplantation development of chronic consumption of nonalcoholic beer was investigated in rats (controlled on day 5 of pregnancy) by using the following criteria: mean number of embryos/animal, oviductal-uterine migration of embryos, developmental rate and number of pathologically modified embryos. It resulted that this beverage had a noxious effect (less marked than normal beer) upon preimplantation development, manifested by the decrease of the mean number of embryos/animal and the presence of abnormal embryos. These results suggest a possible action of various congeners present in this beverage, which potentiate the noxious effect of ethanol in the case of normal beer. |
