Quercetin induces morphological and proliferative changes of rat's uteri under estrogen and progesterone influences

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5484-5494

  Shahzad, Huma ^a   Giribabu, Nelli ^a   Muniandy, Sekaran ^a   Salleh, Naguib ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

PCNA; Proliferation; Quercetin; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; CYCLINE; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; QUERCETIN;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STROMA CELL; TIME FACTOR; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; OVARIECTOMY; PHYTOESTROGENS; PROGESTERONE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; QUERCETIN; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA, MESSENGER; STROMAL CELLS; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 84911488826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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