Assessment of urinary gonadotropin and steroid hormone profiles of female cynomolgus monkeys after treatment with Pueraria mirifica

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 395-403

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

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; Macaca fascicularis; Monkey; Phytoestrogen, pueraria mirifica; Sex steroid hormones; Urine

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; HORMONE; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; MACACA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PUERARIA; URINE;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; HORMONES; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MEDICINE, HERBAL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHYTOESTROGENS; PROGESTERONE; PUERARIA; STEROIDS;

MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PUERARIA; PUERARIA MIRIFICA;

EID: 34248365681     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.18079     Document Type: Article

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