Reversible contraception with chloroform extract of Carica papaya Linn. seeds in male rabbits

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-66

  Lohiya, Nirmal K ^a   Pathak, N ^a   Mishra, Pradyumna K ^a   Manivannan, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Carica papaya; Fertility; Rabbit; Spermatozoa; Testis; Toxicology; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FERTILITY; FRUIT; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIBIDO; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT SEED; RABBIT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CHLOROFORM; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; FERTILITY; FRUIT; LIBIDO; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; SEEDS; SEMEN; TESTIS;

EID: 0032992709     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(98)00055-0     Document Type: Article

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