Effects of Cynodon dactylon on stress-induced infertility in male rats

Journal of Young Pharmacists

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-35

  Chidrawar, V R ^a   Chitme, H R ^b   Patel, K N ^c   Patel, N J ^d   Racharla, V R ^e   Dhoraji, N C ^f   Vadalia, K R ^a  

^a Shree H N Shukla Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research   (India)

^b OMAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Oman)

^c Arihant School of Pharmacy   (India)

^d Saraswati Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (India)

^e Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd   (India)

^f HSK College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Cynodon dactylon; Infertility; Sperm count; Stress; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CYNODON DACTYLON EXTRACT; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; FRUCTOSE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SILDENAFIL NITRATE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BERMUDA GRASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYNODON; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SCREENING; EJACULATION; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 79851478123     PISSN: 09751483     EISSN: 09751505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.76416     Document Type: Article

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