Antifertility activity of Drosera burmannii

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-131

  Madhavan, V ^a   Hema Prem Kumar, Basnett ^a   Murali, Anita ^a   Yoganarasimhan, S N ^a  

^a M S RAMAIAH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anti implantation model; Antifertility activity; Drosera burmannii

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DROSERA BURMANNII EXTRACT; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FLAVONOID; PHYTOSTEROL; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSERA BURMANNII; DROSERACEAE; DRUG SCREENING; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOUSE; MUCILAGE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; SPERMATOZOON; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOXICITY TESTING; VAGINA SMEAR; WISTAR RAT;

DROSERA BURMANNII; DROSERACEAE; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 70749136390     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200802437149     Document Type: Article

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