Reproductive, cytological and biochemical toxicity of Yohimbe in male Swiss albino mice

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 469-476

  Al Majed, Abdulhakeem A ^a   Al Yahya, Abdulaziz A ^a   Al Bekairi, A M ^a   Al Shabanah, Othman A ^a   Qureshi, Shoeb ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cytological; Germ cell; Mice; Reproduction; Sperm; Yohimbe

Indexed keywords

DNA; FREE RADICAL; HORMONE; MALONALDEHYDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; RNA; THIOL DERIVATIVE; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DOSE RESPONSE; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; GERM CELL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMPLANT; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RNA ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PAUSINYSTALIA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENITALIA, MALE; HORMONES; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PAUSINYSTALIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 33746925990     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2006.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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