Histological determination of site of antifertility action of sulfasalazine in male albino rats

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 95-101

  Jain, G C ^a   Sharma, Sameer ^a   Khajja, Kusum Jain Balvant S ^a   Pareek, Hemant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Epididymis histology; Infertility; Male rats; Sulfasalazine

Indexed keywords

SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SAZO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 34548538733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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