Antifertility effect of Areca catechu in male albino rats

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-82

  Kafle, Sajala ^a   Shanbhag, Tara ^a   Shenoy, Smita ^a   Amuthan, Arul ^b   Prabhu, Krishnananda ^a   Mohan, Sheethal ^b   Somayaji, S N ^b   Shrestha, Jyoti ^c  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MELAKA MANIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Antifertility; Areca catechu; Cholesterol; Spermatogenesis; Total protein

Indexed keywords

ARECA CATECHU EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PLANT SEED; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TOXICITY TESTING; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84858219624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0976044X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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