Effect of Terminalia chebula fruit extract on lipid peroxidation and antioxidative system of testis of albino rats

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1888-1891

  Krishnamoorthy, P ^a   Vaithinathan, S ^b   Vimal Rani, A ^a   Bhuvaneswari, A ^a  

^a J J COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antifertility; Antioxidant enzymes; Extract; Terminalia chebula

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUTATHIONE; PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERMINALIA CHEBULA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

RATTUS; TERMINALIA CHEBULA;

EID: 34548304062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB2007.000-2284     Document Type: Article

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