Luteolytic effects of DL111-IT in pregnant rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 380, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 145-152

  Bo, Yang ^a   Lin, Cao ^a   Ruiying, Fang ^b   Zhiping, Gu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

20 HSD (20 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase); 3 HSD (3 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase); Apoptosis; DL111 IT; Luteal cell; Luteolysis

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3 (2 ETHYLPHENYL) 5 (3 METHOXYPHENYL) 1H 1,2,4 TRIAZOLE; 3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TROPHOBLAST;

20-ALPHA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 20-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; 3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; DNA; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEOLYTIC AGENTS; MALE; NUCLEOSOMES; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 0032872267     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00433-1     Document Type: Article

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