The role of a mixture of green tea, turmeric and chitosan in the treatment of obesity-related testicular disorders

Journal of Applied Biomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 131-138

  El Sweedy, Mohamed ^a   Abdel Hamid, Nabil Mohie ^b   El Moselhy, Mohamed ^b  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Green tea; Obesity; Rats; Testes; Turmeric

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; CHOLESTEROL; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCUMA LONGA; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG SOLUTION; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TEA; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TISSUE LEVEL;

CURCUMA LONGA; RATTUS;

EID: 34548585295     PISSN: 1214021X     EISSN: 12140287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.32725/jab.2007.018     Document Type: Article

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