Fertility inducing effect of aerial parts of Coccinia cordifolia L. in female rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 561-564

  Jha, Urmilesh ^a   Asad, Mohammed ^a   Asdaq, Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin ^a   Das, Amit Kumar ^a   Prasad, V Satya ^b  

^a KRUPANIDHI COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b MNR Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Bromocriptine; Clomiphene citrate; Coccinia cordifolia L.; Danazol; Endometrial implant; Uterine implant

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BROMOCRIPTINE; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; COCCINIA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; DANAZOL; ESTROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCCINIA CORDIFOLIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CUCUMBER; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; INDIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MATING; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CUCURBITACEAE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MICE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

COCCINIA GRANDIS; RATTUS;

EID: 73749088740     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.10.021     Document Type: Article

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