Assessment of the contraceptive efficacy of the aqueous extract of Aegle marmelos Corr. leaves in male albino rats

Human Fertility

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-118

  Chauhan, Alka ^a   Agarwal, Meera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Aegle marmelos; Antifertility; Fertility index; Recovery; Tissue biochemistry

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; FRUCTOSE; GLYCOGEN; PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; AEGLE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STANDARD; WISTAR RAT;

AEGLE; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTION; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINAL VESICLES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 70249098318     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647270802657402     Document Type: Article

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