Effect of furostanol glycosides from Trigonella foenum-graecum on the reproductive system of male albino rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1482-1488

  Aswar, Urmila ^a   Bodhankar, Subhash Laxman ^a   Mohan, V ^b   Thakurdesai, Prasad Arvind ^a  

^a BHARATI VIDYAPEETH DEEMED UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Indus Biotech Private Limited   (India)

Author keywords

anabolic; androgenic; castration; furostanol glycosides fraction of Trigonella foenum graecum; testosterone

Indexed keywords

DRUG VEHICLE; TESTOSTERONE; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASTRATED MALE; DRUG EFFECT; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; GLYCOSIDES; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SAPONINS; STEROLS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRIGONELLA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TRIGONELLA FOENUM; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 78649433884     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3129     Document Type: Article

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