Extract of Azadirachta indica (neem) leaf induces apoptosis in rat oocytes cultured in vitro

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 1223-1231

  Chaube, Shail K ^a   Prasad, Pramod V ^a   Khillare, Beena ^a   Shrivastav, Tulsidas G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (India)

Author keywords

apoptosis; bax protein expression; cytoplasmic fragmentation; degeneration; DNA fragmentation; membrane leakage; Neem leaf extract; shrinkage

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DNA FRAGMENT; GONADOTROPIN; PROTEIN BAX;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMATURITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORPHOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AZADIRACHTA; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; OOCYTES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS;

EID: 33645734477     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.11.034     Document Type: Article

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