Onset of puberty and ovarian steroidogenesis following adminstration of methanolic extract of Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. stem and Corchorus olitorius Linn. seed in mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-59

  Gupta, M ^a   Mazumder, U K ^a   Pal, D K ^b   Bhattacharya, S ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SEEMANTA INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Corchorus olitorius; Cuscuta reflexa; Puberty; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORCHORUS OLITORIUS EXTRACT; CUSCUTA REFLEXA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCHORUS OLITORIUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRUS; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINA SMEAR;

CORCHORUS OLITORIUS; CUSCUTA REFLEXA;

EID: 0141457509     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00262-9     Document Type: Article

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