Studies on antifertility effect of pawpaw seeds (Carica papaya) on the gonads of male albino rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 226-228

  Udoh, Paul ^a   Kehinde, Akinrogunde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antifertility; Gonads; Male albino rats; Pawpaw seeds

Indexed keywords

MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; GERM CELL; GERM LAYER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAPAYA; PLANT SEED; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ASIMINA TRILOBA; CARICA PAPAYA;

EID: 0032893585     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199905)13:3<226::AID-PTR396>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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