Effect of Asteracantha longifolia seeds on the sexual behaviour of male rats

Natural Product Research

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1423-1431

  Chauhan, Nagendra S ^a   Sharma, Vikas ^a   Dixit, V K ^a  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Asteracantha longifolia; fructose; Rasayana; sperm count; spermatogenesis; Vajikaran

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASTERACANTHA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; FRUCTOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EJACULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT SEED; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ACANTHACEAE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM COUNT;

ANIMALIA; ASTERACANTHA LONGIFOLIA; RATTUS;

EID: 80052972300     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410802588493     Document Type: Article

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