Assessment of fertility and reproductive toxicity in adult female mice after long-term exposure to Pueraria mirifica herb

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 995-1005

  Jaroenporn, Sukanya ^a,b   Malaivijitnond, Suchinda ^a   Wattanasirmkit, Kingkaew ^a   Watanabe, Gen ^b,c   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^b,c   Cherdshewasart, Wichai ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diethylstilbestrol (DES); Female mice; Fertility; Phytoestrogens; Pueraria mirifica

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MOUSE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PUERARIA; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONADOTROPINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PUERARIA; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS; VAGINA;

MUS; PUERARIA; PUERARIA MIRIFICA;

EID: 36049011198     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.18151     Document Type: Article

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