Sperm motility inhibiting activity of a phytosterol from Alstonia macrophylla Wall ex A. DC. leaf extract: A tribal medicine

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1104-1109

  Chattopadhyay, Debprasad ^a   Dungdung, Sandhya R ^b   Das, Kaushik ^b   Saha, Sudipta ^b   Mandal, Asit B ^c   Majumder, Gopal C ^b  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^c CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

sitosterol; Alstonia macrophylla; Motility inhibition; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BUTANOL; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; METHANOL; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; SITOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE;

ALSTONIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GOAT; MALE; METABOLISM; PH; PLANT LEAF; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TIME; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ALSTONIA; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BUTANOLS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GOATS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; METHANOL; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SITOSTEROLS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

ALSTONIA; ALSTONIA MACROPHYLLA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 27644462987     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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