Comprehensive assessment of the effect of Sphenocentrum jollyanum root extract on male reproductive activity in albino rats

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 283-292

  Raji, Yinusa ^a   Fadare, Olayemi O ^a   Adisa, Rahmat A ^a   Salami, Shakiru A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Albino rat; Antimicrobial; Male reproduction; Sphenocentrum jollyanum

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLOBULIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SPHENOCENTRUM JOLLYANUM EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDIDYMIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GERM LAYER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPHENOCENTRUM JOLLYANUM; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33751162996     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0578.2006.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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