Evaluation of different doses of mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum) on the reduction of sperm production, motility and morphology in adult male rats

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 205-212

  Leiva Revilla, johanna ^a   Cardenas Valencia I ^a   Rubio, J ^a   Guerra Castanon F ^a   Olcese Mori, P ^a   Gasco, M ^a   Gonzales, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Daily sperm production; Epididymal sperm transit; Mashua; Sperm motility and morphology; Sperm number

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; TROPAEOLUM TUBEROSUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TROPAEOLACEAE; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TROPAEOLUM;

EID: 84861499422     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2011.01165.x     Document Type: Article

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