Estrogenic activity of Elaeis guineensis leaf

• Main Authors: Namvar, Farideh, Mohamed, Suhaila, Behravan, Javad, Mohamed Mustapha, Noordin, Mohammed Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu, Othman, Fauziah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Società Italo-Latinoamericana di Etnomedicina 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14577/1/Estrogenic%20activity%20of%20Elaeis%20guineensis%20leaf.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14577/; http://pharmacologyonline.silae.it/front/archives_2009_2
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

To assess the estrogenic activities of Oil Palm Fronds (Elaeis guineensis) extracts a vaginal cytology assay in normal and ovariectomized rats were used. The alcoholic extract of Elaeis guineensis (OPLME) was administered orally to adult normal cycling and ovareiectomized Sprague/Dawley rats. Bilate...