Evaluation of antifertility potential of Brahmi in male mouse

Contraception

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-79

  Singh, Akanksha ^a   Singh, Shio Kumar ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Brahmi; Epididymis; Fertility; Sperm; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACOPA MONNIERI EXTRACT; CREATINE; FRUCTOSE; TESTOSTERONE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; GENITAL SYSTEM; GERM CELL; GERM LAYER; GIANT CELL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; KIDNEY; LIBIDO; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BACOPA; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; FERTILITY; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 56549095749     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.07.023     Document Type: Article

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