A nerve growth factor from the venom of Chinese cobra (Naja naja atra) and its effects on male reproductive system in rats

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-156

  Xu, Tian Rui ^a   Wang, Wan Yu ^a   Huang, Yu Hui ^a   Meng, Qing Xiong ^a   Li, Dong Sheng ^a   Lu, Qiu Ming ^a   Xiong, Yu Liang ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gossypol; Hormone; Isolation; Naja naja atra; Nerve growth factor; Reproductive system; Testes; Venom

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GOSSYPOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; COBRA VENOMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032844137     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(99)00047-X     Document Type: Article

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