Cynomorium songaricum induces spermatogenesis with glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) enhancement in rat testes

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 693-696

  Yang, Woong Mo ^a   Kim, Ha Young ^a   Park, Soo Yeon ^b   Kim, Hyung Min ^a   Chang, Mun Seog ^a   Park, Seong Kyu ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cynomorium songaricum; Glial cell derived neurotrophic factor; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CYNOMORIUM SONGARICUM EXTRACT; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYNOMORIUM; CYNOMORIUM SONGARICUM; DRUG MECHANISM; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KOREAN MEDICINE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; CELLS; CELLULAR STRUCTURES; CYNOMORIUM; MALE; NEUROGLIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CYNOMORIUM SONGARICUM; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77951146247     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.02.020     Document Type: Article

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