Antifertility effects of Ricinus communis (Linn) on rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 508-511

  Sandhyakumary, K ^a   Bobby, R G ^a   Indira, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Antifertility; Male rats; Ricinus cornmunis; Sperm; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FRUCTOSE; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDIDYMIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RICINUS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOCIDAL AGENTS; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0037512460     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1308     Document Type: Article

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