Effects of nicotine and gelam honey on testis parameters and sperm qualities of juvenile rats

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 6, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 5471-5474

  Asiyah, A H ^a   Syazana, N S ^a   Hashida, N H ^a   Sharifah, H A ^b   Kamaruddin, M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Honey; Nicotine; Sperm quality; Sprague dawley rats

Indexed keywords

RATTUS;

EID: 80855152876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/SRE10.1016     Document Type: Article

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