Effects of aqueous extracts of leptadenia bastata (Pers.) Decne. (Asclepediaceae) on male reproductive functions using castrated immature rats

Research Journal of Medicinal Plant

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-188

  Bayala, B ^a   Pellicer Rubio, M T ^b   Bassole I H N ^a   Belemtougri, R ^a   Tamboura, H H ^c   Malpaux, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES INERA   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Anti androgenic; Immature castrated rats; Leptadenia hastata; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LEPTADENIA HASTATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULBOCAVERNOSUS MUSCLE; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; CASTRATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; LEPTADENIA HASTATA; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

LEPTADENIA; LEPTADENIA HASTATA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 77957106001     PISSN: 18193455     EISSN: 21517924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjmp.2011.180.188     Document Type: Article

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