Effect of Alstonia scholaris bark extract on testicular function of winstar rats

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-178

  Gupta, R S ^a   Sharma, Rakhi ^a   Sharma, Aruna ^a   Bhatnager, A K ^a   Dobhal, M P ^a   Joshi, M P ^a   Sharma, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Alstonia scholaris; Sertoli cells; Sialic acid; Sperm motility; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALPHA AMYRIN; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS EXTRACT; BETA AMYRIN; CHOLESTEROL; FRUCTOSE; GLYCOGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; SILICON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOHIMBINE;

ALSTONIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARK; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERM CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATING; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PACHYTENE; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSTATE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALSTONIA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0036744834     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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