Purified neem (Azadirachta indica) seed extracts (Praneem) abrogate pregnancy in primates

Contraception

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 375-378

  Mukherjee, Sutapa ^a   Lohiya, N K ^b   Pal, Rahul ^c   Sharma, M G ^c   Talwar, G P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica; fertility studies; pregnancy termination; primates

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PRANEEM; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG PURIFICATION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEYDIG CELL; MACACA; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLANT SEED; PREGNANCY TERMINATION;

EID: 0029889737     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-7824(96)00088-1     Document Type: Article

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