Study of foeniculum vulgare effect on folliculogenesis in female mice

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 122-127

  Khazaei, Mozafar ^a   Montaseri, Azadeh ^a   Khazaei, Mohammad Rasool ^a   Khanahmadi, Masumeh ^b  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

References

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIOSGENIN; EOSIN; FOENICULUM VULGARE EXTRACT; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FENNEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84855889970     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: 20080778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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