Reproductive assessment of hydroalcohol extract of Calendula officinalis L. in wistar rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1392-1398

  Silva, Erick J R ^a   Costa Silva, João H ^a   Evêncio, Liriane B ^a   Fraga, Maria Do Carmo C A ^a   Coelho, Maria Cristina O C ^b   Wanderley, Almir G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Calendula officinalis L.; Male fertility; Pregnancy periods; Reproductive toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALENDULA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FLOWER; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MARIGOLD; MATING; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; ORGANOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROGENY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ASTERACEAE; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 70349924079     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2785     Document Type: Article

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