The effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Stachys lavandulifolia vahl on pregnant mice

EXCLI Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 357-362

  Jafarzadeh, Lobat ^a   Rafieian Kopaei, Mahmoud ^a   Samani, Roya Ansari ^a   Asgari, Azam ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abortifacient agents; Medicinal plants; Pregnant mice; Stachys lavandulifolia

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; ALCOHOL; FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT; PROGESTERONE; STACHYS LAVANDULIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTIFACIENT EFFECT; ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS LENGTH; FETUS WEIGHT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; STACHYS; STACHYS LAVANDULIFOLIA; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE TUBE;

EID: 84867607148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16112156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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