Post-coital contraceptive action of Pueraria tuberosa DC. Extract in rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-99

  Shukla, Sangeeta ^a  

^a JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biochemical and physiological changes; Pregnant rat; Puerarin tuberosa DC

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BUTANOL; GLYCOGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN; PUERARIA TUBEROSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DECIDUALIZATION; DEPLETION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL; UTERUS;

EID: 0029912489     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199603)10:2<95::AID-PTR699>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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