Distribution of cyclooxygenase-1 and cyclooxygenase-2 in the mouse seminal vesicle

Journal of Applied Biomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-104

  Balaji, Thotakura ^a   Ramanathan, Manickam ^a   Srinivasan, Marimuthu ^a   Menon, Venugopal Padmanabhan ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cyclooxygenase 2; Cyclooxygenasese 1; Mice; Nimesulide; Prostaglandins; Seminal vesicle

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; ISOENZYME; NIMESULIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; SEMINAL VESICLE;

MUS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 45849146199     PISSN: 1214021X     EISSN: 12140287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.32725/jab.2008.013     Document Type: Article

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