Effects of the hydromethanolic extract of Austroplenckia populnea (Celastraceae) on reproductive parameters of male rats

Contraception

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 205-209

  Mazaro, Renata ^a   Di Stasi, Luiz Claudio ^a   De Grava Kempinas, Wilma ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Austroplenckia populnea; Celastraceae; Male; Rat; Reproduction; Sperm

Indexed keywords

AUSTROPLENCKIA POPULNEA EXTRACT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; FRUCTOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTROPLENCKIA POPULNEA; CELASTRACEAE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROSTATE; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; CELASTRACEAE; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; METHANOL; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0036752938     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(02)00342-6     Document Type: Article

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