The effects of sustained delivery of diosgenin on the adrenal gland of female rats

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 39, Issue , 2003, Pages 335-340

  Benghuzzi, Hamed ^a   Tucci, Michelle ^a   Eckie, Rebecca ^a   Hughes, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal Gland; Alternative Medicine; Diosgenin; Histomorphometric Analysis; Menopause; Progesterone Supplements; Replacement Therapy

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; HEALTH; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ADRENAL GLANDS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE CERAMIC; DIOSGENIN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADRENAL GLAND; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CERAMICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DIOSGENIN; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0037258875     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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