Melamine is commonly used in a variety of consumer products such as furniture, dining
ware, and food utensils. The chemical infamously gained worldwide attention by its illegal …

Abstract In September 2008, in China, tens of thousands of children were hospitalized,
several even died, as a result of infant-formula milk adulterated with a synthetic chemical …

Melamine and its analogues are illegally added to raise the apparent protein content in
foods. The elevated concentrations of these compounds cause adverse effects in humans …

Many studies reported that infants and animals were affected by food containing melamine,
and the renal pathology was the main manifestation in intoxicated case. Our previous …

Docosahexanoic acid (DHA) is an essential element for proper development of brain and
treatment of cognitive disorders. Oily nature, poor water dispersibility, intestinal permeability …

The industrial chemical melamine was used in 2007 and 2008 to raise the apparent protein
content in pet feed and watered down milk, respectively. Because humans may be exposed …

Previous studies reported that melamine could affect hippocampal function and cause
spatial cognition impairment. Moreover, some evidences implied that there might be an …

STUDY QUESTION Does melamine have a toxic effect on oocyte development and fertility in
vivo? SUMMARY ANSWER Melamine had toxic effects on oocyte quality and fertility due to …

Melamine or cyanuric acid alone has low toxicity, but combined exposure to melamine and
cyanuric acid was reported to cause unexpected toxicological effects. This study …

Our previous studies reported that hippocampus was one of the target sites of melamine, by
which the spatial cognition and hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) could be …