Effect of water extract of small unripe Areca catechu nuts on sperm output in rats

Medical Science Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 263-266

  Ratnasooriya, W D ^a   Dharmasiri, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Areca catechu; Arecanut; Ejaculation; Hyperzoospermia; Oligozoospermia; Spermatorrhoea; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA; ARECA CATECHU; PIPER BETEL;

EID: 0031917024     PISSN: 02698951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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