Reproductive evaluation of aqueous crude extract of Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae) in Wistar rats

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 819-823

  Dalsenter, Paulo R ^a   Cavalcanti, Ana M ^a   Andrade, Anderson J M ^a   Araújo, Samanta L ^a   Marques, Maria C A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Achillea millefolium; Reproductive toxicology; Uterotrophic assay; Wistar rat

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; ANTIESTROGEN;

ACHILLEA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; URETER;

ACHILLEA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; UTERUS;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ASTERACEAE; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 3342889700     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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