Red clover Trifolium pratense (Linn.) isoflavones extract on the pain threshold of normal and ovariectomized rats - A long-term study

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-58

  Vishali, Nagarajan ^a   Kamakshi, Krishnaswamy ^b   Suresh, Sekar ^a   Prakash, Seppan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b MEENAKSHI AMMAL DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

isoflavones; nociception; ovariectomy; phytoestrogen; Trifolium pratense (Linn.) estrogen

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; METHANOL;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RAT; RED CLOVER; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOFLAVONES; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYTOESTROGENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIFOLIUM;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 78650667390     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3217     Document Type: Article

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