Antifertility effects of ethanolic seed extract of Abrus precatorius L. on sperm production and DNA integrity in adult male mice

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 809-814

  Jahan, Sarwat ^a   Rasool, Salma ^a   Khan, Mir Ajab ^a   Ahmad, Mushtaq ^a   Zafar, Muhammad ^a   Arsahd, Muhammad ^b   Abbasi, Arshad Mehmood ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Abrus precatorius L.; Antifertility; DNA damage; Sperm production

Indexed keywords

ABRUS PRECATORIUS EXTRACT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DNA;

ABRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EPIDIDYMIS; GENOTOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ABRUS; ABRUS PRECATORIUS; ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 73449109477     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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