Gerenutti M, Spinosa H de S, Bernardi M M
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny, University of Sao Paulo, Brasil.
Vet Hum Toxicol. 1992 Aug;34(4):307-10.
Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum L Kuhn), is widely food in many parts of the world; the toxic effects have been demonstrated on many species of animals, and both carcinogenicity and enzootic hematuria has been studied. We investigated the effects of feeding bracken fern on the development of female rats and their offspring. The plant was fed as 30% of the normal diet on an ad libitum basis. Bracken fern did not modify the weight gain of the female rats during development, nor affect estrus cycle duration or milk production, the plant did reduce female fertility and weight gain during pregnancy. It also adversely affected physical and neurobehavioral development in the offspring.
蕨菜（Pteridium aquilinum L Kuhn）在世界许多地区被广泛食用；其对多种动物的毒性作用已得到证实，并且对其致癌性和地方性血尿都进行了研究。我们研究了喂食蕨菜对雌性大鼠及其后代发育的影响。以自由采食的方式将该植物作为正常饮食的30%进行喂食。蕨菜并未改变雌性大鼠发育过程中的体重增加，也未影响发情周期时长或产奶量，但确实降低了雌性大鼠的生育能力以及孕期体重增加。它还对后代的身体和神经行为发育产生了不利影响。
