Inductive effect of the leaf mixture extract of Aloe buettneri, Justicia insularis, Dicliptera verticillata and Hibiscus macranthus on in vitro production of estradiol

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 225-230

  Telefo, P B ^a   Moundipa, P F ^b   Tchouanguep, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Aloe buettneri; Dicliptera verticillata; Estradiol; Female rats; Hibiscus macranthus; In vitro; Justicia insularis

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALOE BUETTNERI EXTRACT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DICLIPTERA VERTICILLATA EXTRACT; ESTRADIOL; FLAVANOID; GLYCOSIDE; HIBISCUS MACRANTHUS EXTRACT; JUSTICIA INSULARIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROGESTERONE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOE BUETTNERI; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICLIPTERA VERTICILLATA; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HIBISCUS MACRANTHUS; INCUBATION TIME; JUSTICIA INSULARIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL; OVARY CELL CULTURE; PLANT LEAF; PROESTRUS; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ACANTHACEAE; ALOE; ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DYSMENORRHEA; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HIBISCUS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS;

EID: 2342443108     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2003.12.024     Document Type: Article

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