Daily treatment with α-naphthoflavone enhances follicular growth and ovulation rate in the rat

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-17

  Barreiro, Karina A ^a   Di Yorio, María P ^a   Artillo Guida, Romina D ^a   Paz, Dante A ^b   Faletti, Alicia G ^a  

^a Centre de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

naphthoflavone; AhR; Follicular growth; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BENZOFLAVONES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON;

RATTUS;

EID: 79952623231     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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