Structural and histomorphometric evaluations of ferutinin effects on the uterus of ovariectomized rats during osteoporosis treatment

Life Sciences

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 161-168

  Ferretti, Marzia ^a   Bertoni, Laura ^a   Cavani, Francesco ^a   Benincasa, Marta ^a   Sena, Paola ^a   Carnevale, Gianluca ^a   Zavatti, Manuela ^a   Di Viesti, Vittoria ^a   Zanoli, Paola ^a   Palumbo, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ferutinin; Ovariectomy; Phytoestrogen; Rat uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROTEIN FERUTININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BENZOATES; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; BONE DENSITY; CYCLOHEPTANES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARIECTOMY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SESQUITERPENES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS;

FERULA; RATTUS;

EID: 84855332483     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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