Effect of Stephania hernandifolia leaf extract on testicular activity in rats

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-129

  Jana, D ^a   Maiti, R ^a   Ghosh, Debidas ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Androgens; Enzymes; Germ cells; Stephania hernandifolia; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; STEPHANIA EXTRACT; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; GERM CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SUPERNATANT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOZOA; STEPHANIA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0038544269     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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