Safety assessment of Syzygium aromaticum flower bud (clove) extract with respect to testicular function in mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3333-3338

  Mishra, Raghav Kumar ^a   Singh, Shio Kumar ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Flowcytometry; Spermatogenesis; Syzygium aromaticum; Testis

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; PLANT EXTRACT; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL POPULATION; CLOVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EUGENIA; FLOWERS; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 52949083154     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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