Effects of marjoram volatile oil and grape seed extract on ethanol toxicity in male rats

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 320-327

  El Ashmawy, Ibrahim M ^a,b,c   Saleh, Amal ^c   Salama, Osama M ^c  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University Faculty of Pharmacy   (Egypt)

^c Pharco Pharmaceutical Co   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; ORIGANUM MAJORANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; GRAPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDIDYMIS; ETHANOL; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORIGANUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; RATS; SEEDS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITIS;

LAMIACEAE; ORIGANUM MAJORANA; RATTUS; VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 34848842526     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7835.2007.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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