Toxicological investigations on the methanol sub-fraction of the seeds of Carica papaya as a male contraceptive in albino rats

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 461-468

  Lohiya, Nirmal K ^a   Manivannan, Boomi ^a   Garg, Shipra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Acute and sub chronic toxicity; Albino rats; Carica papaya seeds; Male contraception; Methanol sub fraction

Indexed keywords

CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; METHANOL;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIBIDO; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAPAYA; PLANT SEED; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CARICA; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; SOLVENTS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; CARICA PAPAYA;

EID: 33748432404     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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