Ultrastructural changes in cauda epididymidal epithelial cell types of Azadirachta indica leaf treated rats

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1091-1095

  Ghodesawar, M G ^a   Nazeer Ahamed, R ^a   Mukhtar Ahmed, A W ^a   Aladakatti, R H ^a  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Albino rat; Azadirachta indica; Cauda epididymis; Epithelial cells; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

LIPIDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CYTOPLASM; LEAVES;

CELLS;

ANDROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; MALE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PLANT LEAF; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AZADIRACHTA; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GOLGI APPARATUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA;

EID: 8344280946     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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