Delayed puberty onset in rats that consumed aqueous extract of hibiscus sabdariffa during the juvenile-pubertal period

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 1505-1510

  Iyare, E E ^a   Nwagha, U I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Fluid intake; Food intake; Hibiscus sabdariffa; Juvenile pubertal period; Puberty onset

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; DRINKING; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIBISCUS; PREGNANCY; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; HIBISCUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL MATURATION; VAGINA;

HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; RATTUS;

EID: 73249132432     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2009.1505.1510     Document Type: Article

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