Ethanol extract of dragon fruit and its effects on sperm quality and histology of the testes in mice

Biomedical Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-130

  Aziz, Farid Abdul ^a   Noor, Mahanem Mat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hylocereus costaricensis (Dragon fruit); Sperm count; Sperm viability

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HYLOCEREUS COSTARICENSIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAGON FRUIT; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HISTOLOGY; HYLOCEREUS COSTARICENSIS; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; HYLOCEREUS; HYLOCEREUS COSTARICENSIS; MUS;

EID: 77956256605     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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