Impact of feeding ethanolic extracts of Achyranthes aspera Linn. on reproductive functions in male rats

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1307-1309

  Sandhyakumary, K ^a   Boby, R G ^a   Indira, Madambath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CHOLESTEROL; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; HORMONES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TOXICITY;

REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

17 OXOSTEROID; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLVENT; TESTOSTERONE;

ACHYRANTHES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; LIVER; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS; URINE;

17-KETOSTEROIDS; 3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ACHYRANTHES; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; EPIDIDYMIS; ETHANOL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; INFERTILITY, MALE; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINAL VESICLES; SOLVENTS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0036844970     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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