Abortifacient potentials of the aqueous extract of Bambusa vulgaris leaves in pregnant Dutch rabbits

Contraception

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 308-313

  Yakubu, Musa T ^a   Bukoye, Bimbo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Abortifacient; Bambusa vulgaris; Estrogenicity; Implantation; Reproductive hormones; Resorption; Uterogenicity

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAMBUSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RABBIT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SALIVATION; UTERUS WEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ANIMALS; BAMBUSA; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; UTERUS;

EID: 68749110572     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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