Effect of aqueous extract of Acacia nilotica ssp adansonii on milk production and prolactin release in the rat

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 257-266

  Lompo Ouedraogo, Zourata ^a,b   van der Heide, Daan ^a   van der Beek, Eline M ^a   Swarts, Hans J M ^a   Mattheij, John A M ^a   Sawadogo, Laya ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA NILOTICA EXTRACT; ESTROGEN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; LACTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAMMARY GLAND; MILK PRODUCTION; MILK YIELD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROLACTIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACACIA; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BROMOCRIPTINE; FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; PITUITARY GLAND; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 4444270636     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1820257     Document Type: Article

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