Effect of Mucuna pruriens on oxidative stress mediated damage in aged rat sperm

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-32

  Suresh, Sekar ^a   Prithiviraj, Elumalai ^a   Prakash, Seppan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Ageing; Antioxidants; Free radicals; Mucuna pruriens; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; MUCUNA PRURIENS SEED EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EPIDIDYMIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VELVET BEAN;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APHRODISIACS; DNA DAMAGE; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MUCUNA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 74349108069     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2008.00949.x     Document Type: Article

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