Evaluation of the efficacy of separate oral supplements compared with the combined oral supplements of vitamins C and E on sperm motility in wistar rats

Nigerian Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-135

  Ogli, S A ^a   Enyikwola, O ^a,b   Odeh, S O ^a,b  

^a BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antioxidant vitamins; Infertility; Semen; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WISTAR RAT; DRUG EFFECTS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM MOTILITY; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 77952918000     PISSN: 0794859X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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