Effect of different doses and routes of administration of embelin on plasma testosterone levels

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 532-534

  Mungai, Nelly N ^a   Makawiti, Dominic W ^a   Konji, Victor N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Embelin; Rabbits; Rapanea melanphloes; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EMBELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FERTILITY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RABBIT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030732079     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199711)11:7<532::AID-PTR144>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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