Preliminary study on the androgenic effects of Kigelia Africana fruit extract in male Sprague-Dawley rats

Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 185-191

  Azu, Onyemaechi O ^a,b   Duru, Francis I ^a   Osinubi, Abraham A ^a,b   Noronha, Crescie C ^c   Elesha, Steven O ^a   Okanlawon, Abayomi O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b Department of Anatomy   (Nigeria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Body weight; Histology; Hormones; Kigelia Africana; Sperm count; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; FLAVONOID; FOLLITROPIN; KIGELIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; TESTIS PEPTIDE HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FRUIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 78149265052     PISSN: 11105690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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