Antifertility activity of aqueous ethanolic leaf extract of Spondias mombin (Anacardiaceae) in rats

African Health Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-167

  Uchendu, Chukwuka N ^a   Isek, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; ALCOHOL; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; LIQUID PARAFFIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SPONDIAS MOMBIN EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; LD 50; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT LEAF; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTERUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GOAT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NIDATION; NIGERIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; WISTAR RAT;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ANACARDIACEAE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; GOATS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NIGERIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 65349103532     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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