The anticonceptive and the effect on uterus of ether extract, 18312-J of Ricinus communis

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-100

  Okwuasaba, F K ^a   Das, S C ^a   Isichei, C O ^a   Ekwenchi, M M ^a   Onoruvwe, O ^a   Olayinka, A O ^a   Uguru, V E ^a   Dafur, S J ^a   Ekwere, E O ^a   Parry, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Contraception; Decreased responsiveness to drugs; Oestrogenic activity; Ricinus communis extract; Uterine inertia; Uterotonic

Indexed keywords

18312 J; ACETYLCHOLINE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ERGOMETRINE; ESTRADIOL; ETHER; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IMMATURITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT SEED; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 8244250762     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199703)11:2<97::AID-PTR941>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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