Antispermatogenic activity of Morinda lucida extract in male rats

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 405-410

  Raji, Yinusa ^a   Akinsomisoye, Olumide S ^b   Salman, Toyin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antispermatogenic agents; Fertility; Morinda lucida; Sperm; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANTISPERMATOGENIC AGENT; MORINDA LUDICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORINDA; MORINDA LUCIDA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTISPERMATOGENIC AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MORINDA; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 29244442268     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2005.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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