Effect of Cressa cretica methanol extract on testicular function of albino rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 382-388

  Gupta, R S ^a   Kachhawa, J B S ^a   Khushalani, V ^a   Tanwar, K ^a   Joshi, Y C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Cressa cretica; Leydig cells; Sertoli cell; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CRESSA CRETICA EXTRACT; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METHANOL; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; SIALIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVOLVULACEAE; CRESSA CRETICA; EPIDIDYMIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TOXICITY TESTING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

CONVOLVULACEAE; CRESSA CRETICA;

EID: 33745698381     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200600751659     Document Type: Article

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