Tropaeolum tuberosum (Mashua) reduces testicular function: Effect of different treatment times

Andrologia

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 352-357

  Cardenas Valencia I ^a   Nieto, J ^a   Gasco, M ^a   Gonzales, C ^a   Rubio, J ^a   Portella, J ^a   Gonzales, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Daily sperm production; Epididymal sperm number; Epididymal sperm transit; Mashua; Spermatid count

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE; TROPAEOLUM TUBEROSUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TROPAEOLACEAE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; THIOCYANATES; THIOGLUCOSIDES; TROPAEOLUM;

EID: 57149127567     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2008.00868.x     Document Type: Article

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