The effect of Eurycoma longifolia jack on spermatogenesis in estrogen-treated rats

Clinics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-98

  Wahab, Norhazlina Abdul ^a   Mokhtar, Norfilza M ^a   Halim, Wan Nurul Heriza A ^b   Das, Srijit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Estrogen; Eurycoma longifolia Jack; Histology; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EURYCOMA; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; DRUG EFFECTS;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; EURYCOMA; FERTILITY; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 77649100096     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322010000100014     Document Type: Article

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