Effects of Myristica fragrans oil on the reproductive organs of male albino rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 509-515

  Agarwal, Meera ^a   Chauhan, Alka ^a   Gehani, Teena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Leydig cell; Myristica fragrans Houtt.; Recovery; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

NUTMEG OIL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOLOGY; HISTOMETRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUTMEG; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VAS DEFERENS;

MYRISTICA FRAGRANS; RATTUS;

EID: 77149150052     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200902845779     Document Type: Article

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