Seasonal variation in uterotonic activity of Rhoicissus tridentata extracts

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 375-377

  Katsoulis, L C ^a   Veale, D J H ^a   Havlik, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; RHOICISSUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HARVEST PERIOD; ISOLATED ORGAN; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PREGNANCY; RAT; RHOICISSUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPRING; SUMMER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; WINTER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0036079301     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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