Evaluation of estrogenic activity of alcoholic extract of rhizomes of Curculigo orchioides

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-245

  Vijayanarayana, K ^a   Rodrigues, Rashmi S ^b   Chandrashekhar, K S ^a   Subrahmanyam, E V S ^a  

^a NITTE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Lotus Labs Private Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Curculigo orchioides; Estrogenic activity; Ovariectomized rats; Vaginal cornification

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AYURVEDIC DRUG; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES EXTRACT; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; GLYCOGEN; NEMESTROL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCULIGO; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MENORRHAGIA; NONHUMAN; RAT; RHIZOME; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CURCULIGO; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLVENTS; UTERUS; VAGINA;

CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES; RATTUS;

EID: 35148896844     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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