The effect of oleanolic acid on sperm motion characteristics and fertility of male Wistar rats

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 432-437

  Mdhluli, M C ^a   Van Der Horst, G ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fertility; Mating; Oleanolic acid; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

OLEANOLIC ACID; POVIDONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FERTILITY; KINEMATICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OLEANOLIC ACID; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPERM IMMOBILIZING AGENTS; SPERM MOTILITY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0036799428     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367702320389107     Document Type: Article

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