Ameliorative effects of Cnidoscolus aconitifolius on alloxan toxicity in Wistar rats

African Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-291

  Azeez, Odunayo I ^a   Oyagbemi, A A ^a   Oyeyemi, M O ^a   Odetola, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chlorpropamide; Cnidoscolus aconitifolius; Haematological parameters; Osmotic fragility; Sperm morphometry

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CNIDOSCOLUS ACONITIFOLIUS EXTRACT; DIABENES; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CNIDOSCOLUS ACONITIFOLIUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE FRAGILITY; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ALLOXAN; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; EUPHORBIACEAE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 78650768936     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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