Safety and efficacy of Zingiber officinale roots on fertility of male diabetic rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2920-2924

  Shalaby, M A ^a   Hamowieh, A R ^b  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b AL BAATH UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Fertility; Ginger; Sperms; Testes; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN; GINGER EXTRACT; METHANOL; TESTOSTERONE; WATER;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMPOTENCE; LD 50; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GINGER; INFERTILITY; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; METHANOL; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOLVENTS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; WATER;

MUS; RATTUS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 77956342302     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.07.028     Document Type: Article

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