Effects of Carica papaya (paw paw) seeds extract on the morphology of pituitary-gonadal axis of male Wistar rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1065-1068

  Udoh, Paul ^a   Essien, Itohowo ^a   Udoh, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Carica papaya; Gonad; Pituitary; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CORN OIL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; GERM CELL; GERM LAYER; HISTOLOGY; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAPAYA; PLANT SEED; PROSTATE; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CARICA; EPIDIDYMIS; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; SEMINAL VESICLES;

ANIMALIA; CARICA PAPAYA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 31144447608     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1388     Document Type: Article

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