Ameliorative role of vitamin e on adverse impact of azadirachta indica in reproductive indices of male rats

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Raji, Yinusa ^a   Salami, Shakiru Ademola ^a   Adisa, Rahmat Adetutu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica< em>; Antifertility; Antioxidant; Male rat; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 67249114257     PISSN: 15533840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1553-3840.1224     Document Type: Article

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