Effects of plants and plant products on the testis

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 468-479

  D'Cruz, Shereen Cynthia ^a   Vaithinathan, Selvaraju ^a   Jubendradass, Rajamanickam ^a   Mathur, Premendu Prakash ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

male reproduction; natural products; plants; spermatogenesis; steroidogenesis; testis

Indexed keywords

ABRUS PRECATORIUS EXTRACT; AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; ALBIZZIA LEBBECK EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTIN; BARLERIA PRIONITIS EXTRACT; CANNABIS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS EXTRACT; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA EXTRACT; ECHEVERIA GIBBIFLORA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GOSSYPOL; MARTYNIA ANNUA EXTRACT; MENTHA PIPERITA LABIATAE EXTRACT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PAPAYA EXTRACT; PIPER LONGUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUASSIA AMARA EXTRACT; SARCOSTEMMA ACIDUM EXTRACT; THEOBROMINE; THESPESIA POPULNEA EXTRACT; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ABRUS; AEGLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CURCUMA LONGA; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAPAYA; PIPERACEAE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SERTOLI CELL; SKIN DISEASE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPONDYLITIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TARGET CELL; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TOXICITY; TRIPTERYGIUM; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; AZADIRACHTA; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; GOSSYPOL; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 77954394182     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.43     Document Type: Review

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