Reproductive performance, blood testosterone, lipid peroxidation and seminal plasma biochemistry of rabbits as affected by feeding Acacia saligna under subtropical conditions

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 333-339

  Yousef, Mokhtar I ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acacia; Enzymes; Free radicals; Lipids; Rabbits; Semen; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; FREE RADICAL; FRUCTOSE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; TESTOSTERONE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDING; LIBIDO; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT LEAF; RABBIT; REACTION TIME; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACACIA; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRUCTOSE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPIDS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 11144290641     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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