Effect of fixed oil of Nigella sativa on male fertility in normal and hyperlipidemic rats

International Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-33

  Samir Bashandy, A E ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Hyperlipidemia; Male fertility; Oil of Nigella sativa

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLIC ACID; FAT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTECTION; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 34248329159     PISSN: 18117775     EISSN: 18125700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2007.27.33     Document Type: Article

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