Antifertility effects of aqueous crude extract of Ocimum gratissimum L. leaves in male mice

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 809-816

  Obianime, Atuboyedia Wolfe ^a   Aprioku, Jonah Sydney ^a   Esomonu, Chinagoro T O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antifertiliy; Mice; Ocimum gratissimum; Seminiferous

Indexed keywords

OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; MUS; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM;

EID: 77953400426     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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