Effect of gangetin on fertility of male rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 372-375

  Latha, P ^a   Govindasamy, S ^a   Balakrishna, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b Captain Srinivasamurthy Drug Research Institute for Ayurveda Chennai   (India)

Author keywords

Body weight; Fertility impairment; Gangetin; Organ weight; Sperm count; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

DESMODIUM GANGETICUM EXTRACT; GANGETIN; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; PTEROCARPAN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT ROOT; PROSTATE; RAT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TESTIS WEIGHT; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0030861033     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199708)11:5<372::AID-PTR111>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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