Effect of plumbagin free alcohol extract of Plumbago zeylanica Linn. root on reproductive system of female Wistar rats

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 978-984

  Sandeep, Gupta ^a   Dheeraj, Ahirwar ^a   Sharma, Neeraj Kumar ^a   Jhade, Deenanath ^a   Bharti, Ahirwar ^b  

^a Chouksey College of Engineering   (India)

^b GURU GHASIDAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Abortifacient; Anti implantation; Estrogenic antiestrogenic activity; Ethinyl estradiol; Follicle stimulating hormone; Haematological; Luteinizing hormone; Overiectomized; Progesterone; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLUMBAGIN; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ABORTIFACIENT ACTIVITY; ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIESTROGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIIMPLANTATION ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LD 50; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; REFERENCE VALUE; TOXICITY TESTING; UTERUS FUNCTION;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLUMBAGINACEAE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UTERUS;

EID: 82455194956     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60230-7     Document Type: Article

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