Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) decreases male rat fertility in vivo

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-109

  Tahtamouni, Lubna H ^a   Alqurna, Noor M ^b   Al Hudhud, Mariam Y ^a   Al Hajj, Hameed A ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Chromatin integrity; Dandelion; Seminiferous tubule; Sertoli cells; Taraxacum officinale; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDELION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LD 50; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT; VALIDITY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; JORDAN; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TARAXACUM; TESTIS;

RATTUS; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 79955466090     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.02.027     Document Type: Article

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