Male rat infertility induction/spermatozoa and epididymal plasma abnormalities after oral administration of Kalanchoe gastonis bonnieri natural juice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-319

  De la Luz Miranda Beltran M Maria ^a   Puebla Pérez, Ana María ^b   Guzmán Sánchez, Arnoldo ^c   Huacuja Ruiz, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c Hosp Mex Americano de Guadalajara   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biochemical changes; Fertility inhibition; Kalanchoe gastonis bonnieri; Motility; Viability

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; HIGHER PLANT; KALANCHOE GASTONIS BONNIERI; LD 50; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; KALANCHOE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOZOA;

CRASSULACEAE; KALANCHOE GASTONIS-BONNIERI; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0038221312     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1131     Document Type: Article

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