Effect of extract of Hibiscus on the ultrastructure of the testis in adult mice

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 342-348

  Mahmoud, Yomna Ibrahim ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fertility; Hibiscus sabdariffa; Mice; Spermatozoa; Testis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; TESTIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; FLOWERS; GENETIC FITNESS; HIBISCUS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; MUS;

EID: 84858799771     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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