Immunocontraceptive activity guided fractionation and characterization of active constituents of neem (Azadirachta indica) seed extracts

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-246

  Garg, S ^a   Talwar, G P ^a   Upadhyay, S N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica; Bioactivity guided fractionation; Immunocontraceptive

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; INTRAUTERINE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GLYCERIDES; HEXANES; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; TERPENES; UTERUS;

EID: 0031924055     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(97)00157-8     Document Type: Article

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