Effect of Curcuma comosa extract on male fertility in rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-27

  Piyachaturawat, Pawinee ^a   Timinkul, A ^a   Chuncharunee, A ^b   Suksamrarn, A ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c RAMKHAMHAENG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Accessory sex glands; Curcuma comosa; Male fertility; Sperm concentration; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; CURCUMA COMOSA EXTRACT; ESTROGEN; FRUCTOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; CURCUMA COMOSA;

EID: 0032807498     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.37.1.22.6311     Document Type: Article

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