The effect of saffron orally administration on spermatogenesis index in rat

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1514-1521

  Khayatnouri, Mirhadi ^a   Safavi, Seyed Esmail ^a   Safarmashaei, Saied ^a   Babazadeh, Daryoush ^a   Mikailpourardabili, Behrouz ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Rat; Saffron; Spermatogenesis Index; Testicular Tissue

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79960450438     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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