Effects of Rubus coreanus on sperm parameters and cAMP-responsive element modulator (CREM) expression in rat testes

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 463-467

  Oh, Myung Sook ^a   Yang, Woong Mo ^a   Chang, Mun Seog ^a   Park, Wansu ^b   Kim, Do Rim ^a   Lee, Hyun Kyung ^a   Kim, Won Nam ^a   Park, Seong Kyu ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Won University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cAMP responsive element modulator (CREM); Male reproductive function; Rubi Fructus

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULATOR; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT EXTRACT; RUBUS COREANUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBUS COREANUS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; FRUIT; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; ROSACEAE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ROSACEAE; RUBUS COREANUS;

EID: 35649016655     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.08.025     Document Type: Article

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