Reproductive toxic effects of Artemisia herba alba ingestion in female Spague-dawley rats

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3158-3161

  Almasad, Motasem M ^a   Qazan, Walid Sh ^a   Daradka, Haytham ^a  

^a JERASH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Artemisia herba alba; Female rats; Fertility; Pregnancy; Reproductive organs

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA; RATTUS;

EID: 35348833490     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.3158.3161     Document Type: Article

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