Telfairia occidentalis, a prophylactic medicine for alcohol's damaging effect on the testis

Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 380-387

  Akang, Edidiong ^a   Oremosu, Ademola ^a   Dosumu, Olufunke ^a   Ejiwunmi, Adedayo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Infertility; Luteinizing hormone; Seminiferous epithelium; Serum testosterone; Sperm count; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLANT EXTRACT; TELFAIRIA OCCIDENTALIS SEED OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PUMPKIN; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TELFAIRIA OCCIDENTALIS; TESTIS INJURY;

EID: 83755178619     PISSN: 18575749     EISSN: 18575773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3889/MJMS.1857-5773.2011.0198     Document Type: Article

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