Post-coital antifertility activity of Ferula assafoetida extract in female rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 273-276

  Keshri, G ^a   Lakshmi, V ^a   Singh, M M ^a   Kamboj, V P ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antifertility activity; Estrogenic profile; Ethanolic extract; Ferula assafoetida; Organic fractions; Rat; Sulphur compounds

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; FERULA ASSAFOETIDA EXTRACT; HEXANE; METHANOL; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT;

ANIMALIA; FERULA; FERULA ASSAFOETIDA;

EID: 0033427369     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.37.4.273.5806     Document Type: Article

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