Antifertility effect of Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) stem extract in male rats

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 885-889

  Gupta, R S ^a   Sharma, Aruna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Antifertility effect; Spermatogenesis; Testicular androgen; Tinospora cordifolia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; FRUCTOSE; PROTEINS;

BODY WEIGHT LOSSES;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT STEM; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TINOSPORA; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TINOSPORA;

ANIMALIA; TINOSPORA; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA;

EID: 0042197336     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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