Spermatotoxicity of a protein isolated from the root of Achyranthes aspera: A comparative study with gossypol

Contraception

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 385-390

  Anuja, Mohanan Nair Mohana Kumari ^a   Nithya, Ramachandran Nair Saraswathy Amma ^a   Rajamanickam, Chellam ^a   Madambath, Indira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Ap; In vivo; Male mice; Proteolytic digestion; Sperm motility; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GOSSYPOL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; SPERMICIDAL AGENT; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ACHYRANTHES; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOTOXICITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACHYRANTHES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; GOSSYPOL; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77956936919     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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