Antifertility activity of Artemisia vulgaris leaves on female Wistar rats

Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 180-185

  Shaik, Afsar ^a   Kanhere, Rupesh S ^a   Cuddapah, Rajaram ^a   Nelson, Kumar S ^a   Vara, Prasanth Reddy ^a   Sibyala, Saisaran ^a  

^a P Rami Reddy Memorial College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Anti implantation activity; Antifertility activity; Artemisia vulgaris; Estrogenic activity

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA VULGARIS EXTRACT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; METHANOL; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART WEIGHT; KERATINOCYTE; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SPLEEN WEIGHT; UTERUS HORN; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINA SMEAR; ANIMAL; ARTEMISIA; DRUG EFFECTS; FERTILITY; NIDATION; ORGAN SIZE; UTERUS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARTEMISIA; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS, WISTAR; UTERUS;

EID: 84897073984     PISSN: 20956975     EISSN: 18755364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-5364(14)60030-3     Document Type: Article

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