Effect of a 60-day oral gavage of a crude alkaloid extract from Chromolaena odorata leaves on hormonal and spermatogenic indices of male rats

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1199-1207

  Yakubu, Musa T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Androgenicity; Compositae; Reproductive process; Testosterone deprivation

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL; FOLLITROPIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOGEN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOLAENA; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; COLOR; FEEDING; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT LEAF; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; CHROMOLAENA; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84874427554     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.016287     Document Type: Article

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