Anticonceptive and estrogenic effects of a seed extract of Ricinus communis var. minor

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 1991, Pages 141-145

  Okwuasaba, F K ^a   Osunkwo, U A ^a   Ekwenchi, M M ^a   Ekpenyong, K I ^a   Onwukeme, K E ^a   Olayinka, A O ^a   Uguru, M O ^a   Das, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

anti implantation; contraception; estrogenic activity; Ricinus communis var. minor

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

ANIMAL; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; EPITHELIUM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MICE; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, TOXIC; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RICINUS; SEEDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0025744950     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(91)90031-8     Document Type: Article

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