The effects of rooibos (Aspalathus linearis), green te (Camelli sinensis) and commercial rooibos and green te supplements on epididymal sperm in oxidative stress-induced rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1231-1239

  Awoniyi, Dolapo Olaitan ^a   Aboua, Yapo Guillaume ^a   Marnewick, Jeanine ^a   Brooks, Nicole ^b  

^a Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences   (South Africa)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

catalase; glutathione; green te (Camelli sinensis); oxidative stress; rooibos (Aspalathus linearis); sperm; superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ROOIBOS EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPALATHUS; ASPALATHUS LINEARIS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; FERMENTATION; FLUID INTAKE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; ROOIBOS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPALATHUS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATALASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EPIDIDYMIS; FERMENTATION; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ASPALATHUS LINEARIS; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84864213495     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3717     Document Type: Article

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