Effect of adrenalectomy on rat epididymidis

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 273-279

  Nair, Neena ^a   Bedwal, R S ^a   Mathur, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase; Adrenalectomy; Alkaline phosphatase; Cholesterol; Copper; Epididymis; FSH; Lactic dehydrogenase; Leucine aminopeptidase; LH; Protein; Testosterone; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARYLSULFATASE; CHOLESTEROL; COPPER; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; FOLLITROPIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; ZINC;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADRENALECTOMY; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ARYLSULFATASES; CHOLESTEROL; COPPER; EPIDIDYMIS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEUCYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 0036958630     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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