Effects of a purified fraction from Echeveria gibbiflora aqueous crude extract on guinea-pig spermatozoa

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-49

  Delgado, Néstor M ^a   Ramírez, Javier Taboada ^b   Hernández, Alfredo Ortega ^b   Merchant Larios, Horacio ^b   Sánchez Vázqueź, María Luisa ^a   Ramírez, Guillermo ^a   Reyes, Rosalina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Agglutination; Hyperosmotic; Immobilization

Indexed keywords

ECHEVERIA GIBBIFLORA EXTRACT; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MEXICO; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; ARUNDINARIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; ECHEVERIA; ECHEVERIA GIBBIFLORA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0345683507     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199902)13:1<46::AID-PTR373>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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