Effect of terpenoidal fraction of Echinops echinatus roots on reproductive parameters of male rats

Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 452-457

  Padashetty, S A ^a   Mishra, S H ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Antifertility; Echinops echinatus; HPTLC; Lupeol; Seminiferous tubules; Terpenoids

Indexed keywords

ECHINOPS ECHINATUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; GENITAL SYSTEM; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 34548813356     PISSN: 13403443     EISSN: 18610293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-007-0173-4     Document Type: Article

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