Antifertility effect ofMelia azedarach Linn, (dharek) seed extract in female albino rats

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 853-860

  Mandal, Reshu ^a   Dhaliwal, Patwant Kaur ^a,b  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antifertility; Implantation losses; Melia azedarach; Post natal mortality; Rat; Seed extract; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MELIA AZEDARACH; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

PLANT EXTRACT;

AGING; ALBINISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEATH; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MELIA AZEDARACH; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RAT; RODENT CONTROL; TIME; UTERUS; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ALBINISM; ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO LOSS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MELIA AZEDARACH; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RODENT CONTROL; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 41949132880     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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