Testicular toxicity of rinbacin in rats

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 206-208

  Orisakwe, Orish Ebere ^a   Afonne, Onyenmechi Johnson ^a   Dioka, Chudi Emma ^a   Agbasi, Patrick Ugochukwu ^a   Azikiwe, Chukwuemeka ^a   Obi, Ejeatuluchukwu ^a  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Epididymal sperm number; Rinbacin; Seminiferous tubule; Testicular toxicity

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; HERBACEOUS AGENT; RINBACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPIDIDYMIS; FLUID INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS TOXICITY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TOXICITY; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; NIGERIA; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; NIGERIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SPERM COUNT; TESTIS;

EID: 0036482908     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.25.206     Document Type: Article

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