Termination of pregnancy in rodents by oral administration of Praneem, a purified neem seed extract

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-56

  Mukherjee, Sutapa ^a   Talwar, G P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica; Fertility studies; Pregnancy termination

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; ARACHIS OIL; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CYTOKINE; NEEM OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030069025     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00008.x     Document Type: Article

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