Temporal adaptation in the testes of rat administered single dose Momordica charantia for three interrupted spermatogenic cycles: Cytometric quantification

Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-199

  Yama, Oshiozokhai Eboetse ^a   Duru, Francis Ikechukwu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Momordica charantia; Stereology Sprague Dawley; Testes

Indexed keywords

MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEREOMETRY; TESTIS; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 80053245445     PISSN: 11105690     EISSN: 20903251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mefs.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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