Reproductive and fertility effects of an extract of andrographis paniculata in male wistar rats

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 308-317

  Allan, J Joshua ^a   Pore , Mukul P ^b   Deepak, M ^a   Murali, B ^a   Mayachari , Anand S ^a   Agarwal, Amit ^a  

^a Natural Remedies Pvt Ltd   (India)

^b Intox Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Andrographis paniculata; Andrographolide; Male fertility; No observed adverse effect level

Indexed keywords

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ANDROGRAPHOLIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT;

ANDROGRAPHIS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FERTILITY; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCTION;

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 73149101663     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: 1092874X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091581809339631     Document Type: Article

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