Antiovulatory and abortifacient potential of the ethanolic extract of roots of Momordica cymbalaria Fenzl in rats

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-114

  Koneri, Raju ^a   Balaraman, R ^b   Saraswati, C D ^a  

^a Visveswarapura Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (India)

^b M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Antifertility; Contraception; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; MOMORDICA CYMBALARIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS WEIGHT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAPAROTOMY; MOMORDICA; MOMORDICA CYMBALARIA; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; ORGANOGENESIS; OVARY FOLLICLE; PLANT ROOT; RAT; UTERUS HORN;

EID: 33744503928     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.24616     Document Type: Article

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