The effect of the aqueous extract of Cynomorium coccineum on the epididymal sperm pattern of the rat

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 248-250

  Abd El Rahman, H A ^a   El Badry, A A ^a   Mahmoud, O M ^a   Harraz, F A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cynomorium coccineum; Rat testis; Spermogram

Indexed keywords

CYNOMORIUM COCCINEUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMIOGRAM; STOMACH TUBE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY;

ANIMALIA; CYNOMORIUM COCCINEUM; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0344348815     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199905)13:3<248::AID-PTR425>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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