Effects of an aqueous extract of Aloe buettneri, Justicia insularis, Hibiscus macranthus, Dicliptera verticillata on some physiological and biochemical parameters of reproduction in immature female rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-200

  Telefo, P B ^a   Moundipa, P F ^a,b   Tchana, A N ^a   Tchouanguep Dzickotze, C ^c   Mbiapo, F T ^a,c  

^a Lab Nutr Biochem Toxicol F   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NGAOUNDERE   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Aloe buettneri; Dicliptera verticillata; Female rats; Hibiscus macranthus; Justicia insularis; Medicinal plants; Oestradiol

Indexed keywords

ALOE BUETTNERI EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; DICLIPTERA VERTICILLATA EXTRACT; ESTRADIOL; HIBISCUS MACRANTHUS EXTRACT; JUSTICIA INSULARIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; IMMATURITY; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PLANT LEAF; PUBERTY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS;

EID: 0032431671     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00062-2     Document Type: Article

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