Antifertility effect of ethanolic extract of Juniperus phoenica (L.) in male albino rats

Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 179-189

  Shkukani, Hanada ^a   Salhab, Abdulazim ^a   Disi, Ahmad ^a   Shomaf, Maha ^a   Al Quadan, Farouk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antifertility; Juniperus phoenica; Male albino rats; Sperm; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; JUNIPERUS PHOENICA EXTRACT; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PHOENICA; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FERTILITY; JORDAN; RANDOMIZATION; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FERTILITY; JORDAN; JUNIPERUS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINAL VESICLES; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 58149159223     PISSN: 15228940     EISSN: 15229106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228940802152463     Document Type: Article

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