Effect of Hibiscus sabdariffa and its anthocyanins on some reproductive aspects in rats

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-44

  Ali, Badreldin H ^a   Al Lawati, Intisar ^a   Beegam, Sumyia ^a   Ziada, Amal ^a   Al Salam, Suhail ^b   Nemmar, Abderrahim ^b   Blunden, Gerald ^c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Aqueous extract; Growth inhibition; Hibiscus sabdariffa; Rat reproductive system

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; GLUTATHIONE; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; WATER; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGENIC EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TISSUE LEVEL; UTERUS; UTERUS WEIGHT; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENITAL SYSTEM; HIBISCUS; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HIBISCUS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR;

EID: 84860645699     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1200700115     Document Type: Article

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