Evaluation of the effect of ethanolic extract of Croton zambesicus on the testes of Swiss albino mice

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 2434-2438

  Ofusori, D A ^a,b   Oluwayinka, O P ^b   Adelakun, A E ^c   Keji, S T ^b   Oluyemi, K A ^a   Adesanya, O A ^a   Ajeigbe, K O ^a   Ayoka, A O ^b  

^a IGBINEDION UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Croton zambesicus; Malondialdehyde; Sperm motility; Sperm production; Sperm progressivity; Testes

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CROTON ZAMBESICUS EXTRACT; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON; CROTON ZAMBESICUS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT;

CROTON ZAMBESICUS; MUS;

EID: 36049008371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB2007.000-2383     Document Type: Article

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