Ultrastructural Changes in the Testis and Epididymis of Rats Following Treatment with the Benzene Chromatographic Fraction of the Chloroform Extract of the Seeds of Carica papaya

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-289

  Manivannan, B ^a   Mishra, P K ^a   Pathak, N ^a   Sriram, S ^a   Bhande, S S ^a   Panneerdoss, S ^a   Lohiya, N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Carica papaya; Epididymis; Testis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; GERM CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SECRETORY GRANULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEREOCILIUM; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CARICA; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CARICA; CARICA PAPAYA;

EID: 2442492009     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1386     Document Type: Article

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