Effects of aqueous extract of Alpinia calcarata rhizomes on reproductive competence of male rats

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-35

  Ratnasooriya, W D ^a   Jayakody, J R A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Alpinia calcarata; Aphrodisiac; Fertility; Oligozoospermia

Indexed keywords

APHRODISIAC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ALPINIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LIBIDO; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; RHIZOME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WISTAR RAT;

ALPINIA; ANIMALS; APHRODISIACS; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LIBIDO; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OLIGOSPERMIA; PENILE ERECTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; RHIZOME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

ALPINIA; ALPINIA CALCARATA; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 33746015988     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: 1588256X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.57.2006.1.3     Document Type: Article

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