Effect of methanolic extract of dendrophthoe falcata stem on reproductive function of male albino rats

Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Gupta, R S ^a   Kachhawa, J B S ^a   Sharma, A ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Antifertility effects; Dendrophthoe falcata; Leydig cells; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA EXTRACT; GLYCOGEN; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLASMA PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBINISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA; EPIDIDYMIS; LEYDIG CELL; LORANTHACEAE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTISPERMATOGENIC AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FERTILITY; LORANTHACEAE; MALE; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 38549137337     PISSN: 15228940     EISSN: 15229106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J157v07n02_01     Document Type: Article

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