Effects of Plumieride, an iridoid on spermatogenesis in male albino rats

Phytomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 169-174

  Gupta, R S ^a   Bhatnager, A K ^b   Joshi, Y C ^a   Sharma, R ^a   Sharma, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b S S Jain Subodh P G College   (India)

Author keywords

Leydig cells; Plumieride; Sertoli cell; Sialic acid; Sperm motility; Testicular cell population

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FRUCTOSE; GLYCOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRIDOID; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLUMIERIDE; PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; SUGAR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FERTILITY SUPPRESSION; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PLANT; PLUMERIA BICOLOR; PRELEPTOTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEMINAL VESICLE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; PLUMERIA;

EID: 1542318531     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-7113-00346     Document Type: Article

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