The abortifacient effects from the seeds of Coix lachryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen Stapf

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 68, Issue 17-18, 2005, Pages 1557-1565

  Tzeng, Hui Ping ^a   Chiang, Wenchang ^b   Ueng, Tzuu Huei ^a   Liu, Shing Hwa ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; COIX LACHRYMA JOBI EXTRACT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PTGS1 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS RESORPTION; FETUS WEIGHT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MORTALITY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT SEED; UTERUS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; COIX; COIX LACRYMA-JOBI;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ANIMALS; COIX; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL RESORPTION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C-ALPHA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 26044458565     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390590967504     Document Type: Article

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