Evaluation of androgenic activity of allium cepa on spermatogenesis in the rat

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-51

  Khaki, Arash ^a,b   Fathiazad, F ^c   Nouri, M ^c   Khaki, A A ^d   Khamenehi, H J ^e   Hamadeh, M ^f  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Tabriz University of Medical Sciences ^*  (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^f SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Infertility; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ONION EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPIDIDYMIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONION; RAT; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; ONIONS; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ALLIUM CEPA; ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 63649128603     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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