Biological activities of the shrub Salsola tuberculatiformis Botsch.: Contraceptive or stress alleviator?

BioEssays

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 612-619

  Swart, Pieter ^a   Swart, Amanda C ^a   Louw, Ann ^a   Van der Merwe, Kirsten J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (4 ACETOXYPHENYL) 2 CHLORO N METHYLETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; AZIRIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; CYTOCHROME P450C11; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROID BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GOOSEFOOT; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; RAT; REVIEW; SALSOLA TUBERCULATIFORMIS; SHEEP; SOUTH AFRICA; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRESS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ETHYLAMINES; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RATS; STEROID 11-BETA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROIDS;

AMARANTHACEAE; OVIS ARIES; SALSOLA;

EID: 0037780901     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10285     Document Type: Review

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