The effects of a hydroalcoholic extract of Matricaria chamomilla flower on the pituitary-gonadal axis and ovaries of rats

International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 330-334

  Johari, Habibollah ^a   Sharifi, Esfandyar ^b   Mardan, Masume ^b   kafilzadeh, Farshid ^c   Hemayatkhah, Vahid ^c   Kargar, Hossen ^c   Nikpoor, Nasim ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d Kish University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Gonad; Matricaria chamomilla; Ovary; Pituitary; Progesterone; Rat

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA EXTRACT; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLOWER; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 84857255021     PISSN: 1726913X     EISSN: 17269148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/kowsar.1726913X.1822     Document Type: Article

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