Role of Korean red ginseng total saponins in rat infertility induced by polycystic ovaries

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages 1139-1143

  Sok, Cheon Pak ^a   Sung, Chul Lim ^b   Nah, Seung Yeol ^c   Lee, Jiae ^d   Hill, Joseph A ^e   Chun, Sik Bae ^f  

^a Hamilton College of Oriental Medicine   (New Zealand)

^b Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^d Creation and Love Women's Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Fertility Centers of New England   (United States)

^f Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Estradiol valerate; Ginseng total saponins; Immunohistochemistry; Nerve growth factor; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL VALERATE; GINSENG EXTRACT; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEXUAL MATURATION; UNIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; KOREA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; OVARY; PANAX; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SAPONINS;

EID: 25844521208     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.04.042     Document Type: Article

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