Effects of the aqeous and hexane extracts of mondia white ion the sexual behaviour and some fertility parameters of sexually inexperienced male rats

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-46

  Watcho, Pierre ^a   Zelefack, Fabien ^b   Nguelefack, Télesphore Benoît ^a   Ngouela, Silvère ^b   Telefo, Phelix Bruno ^a   Kamtchouing, Pierre ^b   Tsamo, Etiene ^b   Kamanyi, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Inexperienced male rat; Mondia whitei; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

HEXANE; MONDIA WHITEI EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSORBATE 80; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LIBIDO; MALE; MONDIA WHITEI; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PERIPLOCA; PLANT ROOT; PREGNANCY; PROESTRUS; RAT; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33846374040     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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