Improved fertility through superoxide removal by Toki-shakuyaku-san in mice - A preliminary study

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 451-455

  Ota, H ^a   Igarashi, S ^a   Tanaka, T ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TOKISHAKUYAKU SAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW;

EID: 0033779132     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/rd00001     Document Type: Review

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