Fertility suppression of the male mouse after administration of mint leaf extract

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-177

  Sharma, Nidhi ^a   Jacob, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Antifertility effect; Male; Mint extract; Phosphatases

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; MENTHA ARVENSIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; LIBIDO; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT LEAF;

EID: 0029928298     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199603)10:2<175::AID-PTR800>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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