Effects of hydro-alcoholic extract of red dried stigmas of Crocus sativus L. flowers (saffron) on the levels of pituitary-ovary hormones and folliculogenesis in rats

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 185-190

  Mokhtari, Mokhtar ^a   Sharifi, Esfandiar ^a   Daneshi, Adel ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Gonadotropins; Progesterone; Rat; Saffron

Indexed keywords

CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY WEIGHT; PISTIL STIGMA; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949362423     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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