Potential changes in rat spermatogenesis and sperm parameters after inhalation of Boswellia papyrifera and Boswellia carterii incense

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 830-844

  Ahmed, Mukhtar ^a   Al Daghri, Nasser ^a   Alokail, Majed S ^a   Hussain, Tajamul ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Albino rats; B. carterii; B. papyrifera; Sperm parameters; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; RODENT; SMOKE; SPERM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOSWELLIA PAPYRIFERA; BOSWELLIA SACRA; CELL ASSAY; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCENSE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 84874606954     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10030830     Document Type: Article

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