ABSTRACT
Oral contraceptive agents (OCA) have been in use for well over two decades with a total of 150 to 200 million women all over the world using the pills as means of birth control. Aside from their gynecologic influences, the hormones have been shown to affect metabolic and nutritional processes. Concern over the nutritional status of Nigerian females consuming OCA prompted this research using animal model. Pour vitamins were investigated along with four birth control pills Ovral, Nordette, pure progestogen (Norgestrel) and pure oestrogen (Ethinylestradiol). The ingestion of the contraceptive steroide effect depression of physiological levels of plasma P-carotene, cellular metinol binding protein (CRP), liver vitamin A, plasma vitamin B6 significantly (P
ABIOLA, M (2021). Effects Of Oral Contraceptive Agents On Some Vitamins In Rats Fedon Selected Nigerian Diet. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/effects-of-oral-contraceptive-agents-on-some-vitamins-in-rats-fedon-selected-nigerian-diet
ABIOLA, MRS "Effects Of Oral Contraceptive Agents On Some Vitamins In Rats Fedon Selected Nigerian Diet" Afribary. Afribary, 07 May. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/effects-of-oral-contraceptive-agents-on-some-vitamins-in-rats-fedon-selected-nigerian-diet. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
ABIOLA, MRS . "Effects Of Oral Contraceptive Agents On Some Vitamins In Rats Fedon Selected Nigerian Diet". Afribary, Afribary, 07 May. 2021. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/effects-of-oral-contraceptive-agents-on-some-vitamins-in-rats-fedon-selected-nigerian-diet >.
ABIOLA, MRS . "Effects Of Oral Contraceptive Agents On Some Vitamins In Rats Fedon Selected Nigerian Diet" Afribary (2021). Accessed April 27, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/effects-of-oral-contraceptive-agents-on-some-vitamins-in-rats-fedon-selected-nigerian-diet