Fertility and estrogenic activity of Turraeanthus africanus in combination with Lepidium meyenii (Black maca) in female mice

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Massoma Lembè, Dieudonné ^a   Gasco, Manuel ^b   Gonzales, Gustavo F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Embryo implantation; Estradiol level; Estrogenocity; Estrous cycle

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TURRAEANTHUS AFRICANUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETUS; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM MEYENII; MELIACEAE; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURRAEANTHUS AFRICANUS; UTERUS WEIGHT;

EID: 84867140971     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: 18763839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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