Prevention of chronic alcohol and nicotine-induced azospermia, sterility and decreased libido, by a novel tri-substituted benzoflavone moiety from Passiflora incarnata Linneaus in healthy male rats

Life Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 26, 2002, Pages 3059-3069

  Dhawan, Kamaldeep ^a,b   Sharma, Anupam ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol; Azospermia; Benzoflavone; Libido; Nicotine; Passiflora incarnata Linneaus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NICOTINE; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE STERILITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BENZOFLAVONES; FEMALE; LIBIDO; MALE; NICOTINE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA;

EID: 0037111223     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(02)02168-9     Document Type: Article

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