Antifertility activity of hydroalcoholic extract of Ailanthus excelsa (Roxb): An ethnomedicines used by tribals of Nilgiris region in Tamilnadu

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 189-191

  Ravichandran, V ^a   Suresh, B ^b   Sathishkumar, M N ^b   Elango, K ^b   Srinivasan, R ^b  

^a Jaya College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b JSS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Abortifacient; Ailanthus excelsa; Antiestrogenic; Antifertility; Antiimplantation; Estrogenic

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; PLANT EXTRACT;

AILANTHUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT STEM; RAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; AILANTHUS; ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UTERUS;

AILANTHUS; RATTUS; SIMAROUBACEAE;

EID: 34247858951     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.01.024     Document Type: Article

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