THE STUDY OF THE FETOPROTECTIVE ACTION OF ARTICHOKE LEAVES EXTRACT
The article describes the results of the study of a phytomedicine khophytol (the extract obtained from artichoke leaves) with the fetoprotective effect. Khophytol was used in the doses of 25, 50 and 75 mg/kg in the model of the acute placental dysfunction. The research results on embrio - and fetogenesis (post-implantion death of fetus, fetal mass, cranio-caudalic size of fetus) have proven the fetoprotective effect of khophytol. This effect is the most evident in the dose of 50 mg/kg.