The effect of orally administered L-carnitine on testis tissue, sperm parameters and daily sperm production in adult mice

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Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 382-389

  Zare, Zohre ^a   Eimani, Hossein ^b   Mohammadi, Moslem ^c   Mofid, Mahmood ^b   Dashtnavard, Hossein ^b  

^a SABZEVAR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

L carnitine; Sperm; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANILINE; CARNITINE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; STAINING; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TREATMENT DURATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 76549124442     PISSN: 15614921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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