Beneficial effects of chrysin on the reproductive system of adult male rats

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 181-186

  Ciftci, O ^a   Ozdemir, I ^a   Aydin, M ^b   Beytur, A ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chrysin; Reproductive system; Sperm quality; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CHRYSIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CORN OIL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; TESTOSTERONE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; EPIDIDYMIS; FLAVONOIDS; GENITALIA, MALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 84860245676     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2010.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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