Nicotine induced inhibition of the activities of accessory reproductive ducts in male rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-221

  Londonkar, Ramesh L ^a   Srinivasreddy, P ^a   Somanathreddy, P ^a   Patil, Saraswati B ^a  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Male rats; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHOLESTEROL; DNA; NICOTINE; PROTEIN; RNA;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0031924054     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(97)00148-7     Document Type: Article

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