Pharmacological studies on the antifertility effects of RICOM- 1013-J from Ricinus communis var minor and preliminary clinical studies on women volunteers

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 547-551

  Okwuasaba, F K ^a   Das, S C ^a   Isichei, C O ^a   Ekwenchi, M M ^a   Onoruvwe, O ^a   Olayinka, A O ^a   Uguru, V E ^a   Dafur, S J ^a   Ekwere, E O ^a   Parry, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Contraception; Decreased responsiveness to drugs; Fallopian tube; Human volunteers; Seeds of RICOM 1013 J; Uterine inertia

Indexed keywords

ERGOMETRINE; ESTROGEN; OXYTOCIN; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; RICOM 1013 J; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT SEED; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UTERINE TUBE; VOLUNTEER;

RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 6844255206     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199712)11:8<547::AID-PTR143>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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