The teratogenic and abortifacient effects of heracleum persicum hydroalcholic extract and its correlation with mothers’ estrogen and progesterone in Balb/C mice

Journal of Babol University of Medical Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 26-32

  Jafarzadeh, L ^a   Sedighi, M ^a   Behzadian, M ^a   Ansari Samani, R ^a   Shahinfard, N ^a   Rafieian Kopaei, M ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abortifacient; Heracleum persicum; Mouse; Teratogen

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN; HERACLEUM PERSICUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; HERACLEUM; HERACLEUM PERSICUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TERATOGENESIS;

EID: 84908220129     PISSN: 15614107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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