Antifertility activity of hexane and ethyl acetate extracts of aerial parts of tragia involucrata. linn

Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 548-553

  Chandrashekhar Joshi, G ^a   Gopal, M ^b  

^a MangaloreUniversity ^*  (India)

^b DAVANGERE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antiimplantation; Estrogenic activity; Flavonoid; T.involucrata; Tepenoid

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FLAVONOID; HEXANE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; TRAGIA INVOLUCRATA EXTRACT; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; TRAGIA INVOLUCRATA; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 79958833434     PISSN: 1816496X     EISSN: 2152100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jpt.2011.548.553     Document Type: Article

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