20-OH-ecdysone prevents hot flushes in ovariectomized rats

Planta Medica

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-114

  Puri, Priya ^a   Wuttke, Wolfgang ^a   Seidlova Wuttke, Dana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ecdysone; hot flushes; ovariectomy; rats

Indexed keywords

20 BETA HYDROXYECDYSONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOT FLUSH; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINACH;

ANIMALS; ECDYSONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; HOT FLASHES; OVARIECTOMY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84856292209     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1280317     Document Type: Article

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