Androgenic activity of the Thai traditional male potency herb, Butea superba Roxb., in female rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-129

  Malaivijitnond, Suchinda ^a   Ketsuwan, A ngun ^a,b   Watanabe, Gen ^c,d   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^c,d   Cherdshewasart, Wichai ^a  

^a Faculty of Science   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgenic activity; Butea superba Roxb.; Female rats; Testosterone propionate; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; BUTEA SUPERBA EXTRACT; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANESTRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT TUBER; RAT; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BUTEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT TUBERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTOSTERONE; THAILAND; UTERUS;

BUTEA; FABACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 58049108364     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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