Post-coital antifertility activity of Achyranthes aspera Linn. root

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-181

  Vasudeva, Neeru ^a   Sharma, S K ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Abortifacient; Achyranthes aspera Linn.; Anti implantation; Antifertility; Estrogenic

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; ALCOHOL;

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT ROOT; PREGNANCY; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

ACHYRANTHES; ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UTERUS;

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; AMARANTHACEAE;

EID: 33747368985     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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