Effect of some Ayurvedic Vajikaran Rasayana herbs on heat induced testicular damage in male albino rats

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Thakur, Mayank ^a   Loeppert, Renate ^b   Praznik, Werner ^b   Dixit, V K ^a,c  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b University for Natural and Applied Life Sciences

^c Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Asparagus racemosus; Chlorophytum borivilianum; Curculigo orchioides; Dactylorhiza hatagirea; Orchis latifolia; Rasayana; Testicular damage

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILIANUM EXTRACT; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES EXTRACT; DACTYLORHIZA HATAGIREA EXTRACT; ORCHIS LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILIANUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCULIGO; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES; DACTYLORHIZA HATAGIREA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIS LATIFOLIA; PLANT; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRESS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS WEIGHT; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMAL INJURY;

EID: 44649188105     PISSN: 15533840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1553-3840.1112     Document Type: Article

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