The potentiality of medicinal plants as the source of new contraceptive principles in males

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 255-263

  Ogbuewu, Ifeanyi Princewill ^a   Unamba Oparah, Ihemdirim Chukwuma ^a   Odoemenam, Victor Udodirim ^a   Etuk, Idorenyin Friday ^a   Okoli, Ifeanyi Charles ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Contraceptive; Medicinal plants; Spermatogenesis; Steroidogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ABRUS PRECATORIUS EXTRACT; AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BERBERIS CHITRIA EXTRACT; BULBINE NATALENSIS EXTRACT; CANNABIS; CAPPARIS APHYLLA EXTRACT; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; COLEBROOKEA OPPOSITIFOLIA EXTRACT; FOLLITROPIN; GARLIC EXTRACT; GOSSYPOL; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA EXTRACT; LEPTADENIA HASTATA EXTRACT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MARTYNIA ANNUA EXTRACT; MENTHA SPICATA EXTRACT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PEPPER EXTRACT; PEPPERMINT; PLANT EXTRACT; PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA EXTRACT; SARCOSTEMMA ACIDUM EXTRACT; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; THESPESIA POPULNEA EXTRACT; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABRUS; AEGLE MARMELOS; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BERBERIS CHITRIA; BULBINE NATALENSIS; CAPPARIS APHYLLA; CELL COUNT; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL POPULATION; COLEBROOKEA OPPOSITIFOLIA; CONTRACEPTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA; LEPTADENIA HASTATA; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MARTYNIA ANNUA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA PIPERITA; MENTHA SPICATA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM SANCTUM; PAPAYA; PEPPER; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA; REVIEW; SARCOSTEMMA ACIDUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; THESPESIA POPULNEA; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA;

EID: 79958036141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4297/najms.2011.3250     Document Type: Review

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