Effect of Pueraria mirifica on the sexual skin coloration of aged menopausal cynomolgus monkeys

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 537-542

  Trisomboon, Hataitip ^a,b   Malaivijitnond, Suchinda ^b   Cherdshewasart, Wichai ^b   Watanabe, Gen ^c,d   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^c,d  

^a SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Macaca fascicularis; Phytoestrogens; Pueraria mirifica; Sexual skin

Indexed keywords

PHYTOESTROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MENOPAUSE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PUERARIA; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MENOPAUSE; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PUERARIA; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PUERARIA; PUERARIA MIRIFICA;

EID: 33748667067     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.18019     Document Type: Article

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