Chronic ethanol intake may delay the onset of gossypol-induced infertility in the male rat

Andrologia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 201-207

  Akingbemi, B T ^a   Prasada Rao, P V V ^a   Aire, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Gossypol; Protein malnutrition; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0030854607     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1997.tb00317.x     Document Type: Article

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