Antifertility effects of methanolic pod extract of Albizzia lebbeck (L.) Benth in male rats

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-159

  Gupta, R S ^a   Kachhawa, J B S ^a   Chaudhary, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Albizzia lebbeck; Leydig cells; Sertoli cells; Spermatocytes; Spermatogonia

Indexed keywords

ALBIZZIA LEBBECK EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALBIZZIA; ALBIZZIA LEBBECK; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; ERYTHROCYTE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALBIZZIA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FERTILITY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; METHANOL; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLVENTS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS;

EID: 2942635104     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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