Protective effects of Echinops echinatus on testosterone-induced prostatic hyperplasia in rats

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Agrawal, Manish ^a   Nahata, Alok ^a   Dixit, Vinod Kumar ^a  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

5 Reductase; Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH); Echinops echinatus; Prostate specific antigen; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; BRAMADANDI; ECHINOPS ECHINATUS EXTRACT; FINASTERIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ECHINOPS ECHINATUS; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84861182266     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: 18763839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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