Zingiber officinale protective effects on Gentamicin's toxicity on sperm in rats

Journal of Medicinal Plants

Volumn 9, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 93-98

  Zahedi, A ^a   Khaki, A ^b   Ahmadi Ashtiani, H R ^c,d,f   Rastegar, H ^e   Rezazadeh, Sh ^f  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^f AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ginger rhizome; Male fertility; Testosterone; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; GINGER EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RHIZOME CORTEX; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 79953863786     PISSN: 2717204X     EISSN: 27172058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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