Testing of the estrogenic activity and toxicity of Stephania venosa herb in ovariectomized rats

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 445-457

  Gomuttapong, Sarawoot ^a   Pewphong, Rangsima ^a   Choeisiri, Sucha ^a   Jaroenporn, Sukanya ^a   Malaivijitnond, Suchinda ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

phytoestrogen; Spleen; uterus; vaginal cytology; white blood cell

Indexed keywords

APHRODISIAC AGENT; DAIDZEIN; DAIDZIN; GENISTEIN; GENISTIN; ISOFLAVONE; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; PUERARIA EXTRACT; PUERARIN; STEPHANIA VENOSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HERB; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERARIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPLEEN; STEPHANIA VENOSA; STEROIDOGENESIS; THAILAND; TOXICITY TESTING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; OVARIECTOMY; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEPHANIA; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 84862269136     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2012.668573     Document Type: Article

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