Biological efficacy and plasma norethisterone levels of orally administered norethisterone enanthate in rat and hamster

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 485-490

  Ravinder, P ^a   Madhavan Nair, K ^a   Sivakumar, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Biological efficacy; Norethisterone enanthate; Oral administration; Plasma levels

Indexed keywords

NORETHISTERONE; NORETHISTERONE ENANTATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; ESTRUS CYCLE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NORETHINDRONE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 7844237157     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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