Effect of Nelumbo nucifera seeds on the reproductive organs of female rats

Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-11

  Mutreju, Anju ^a   Agarwal, Meera ^a   Kushwaha, Sonalika ^a   Chauhan, Alka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Anti estrogenic; Estrous cycle; Female rats; Nelumbo nucifera

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOGEN; NELUMBO NUCIFERA EXTRACT; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; LETHAL DOSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; RAT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TOXICITY TESTING; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINA; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 54349088785     PISSN: 16806433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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