Role of energy metabolism in the pregnancy interceptive action of Ferula assafoetida and Melia azedarach extracts in rat

Contraception

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 429-432

  Keshri, Govind ^a   Bajpai, Malini ^a   Lakshmi, Vijai ^a   Setty, Bachu Sreenivasulu ^a   Gupta, Gopal ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate metabolism; Mechanism of action; Plants; Pregnancy interceptive; Rat uterus

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; ALCOHOL; CARBOHYDRATE; CHLOROFORM; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; FERULA ASSAFOETIDA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MELIA AZEDARACH EXTRACT; PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FENNEL; FERULA ASSAFOETIDA; GLYCOLYSIS; HEXOSE MONOPHOSPHATE SHUNT; MALE; MELIA AZEDARACH; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERULA; MELIA AZEDARACH; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UTERUS;

EID: 7044285930     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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