The transillumination technique as a method for the assessment of spermatogenesis using medicinal plants: The effect of extracts of black maca (Lepidium meyenii) and camu camu (Myrciaria dubia) on stages of the spermatogenic cycle in male rats

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 559-565

  Gonzales, Gustavo F ^a   Vasquez, Vanessa Bertha ^a   Gasco, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Black maca; Camu camu; Sperm count; Spermatogenesis; Transillumination

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; MYRCIARIA DUBIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT; GERM CELL; LEPIDIUM MEYENII; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MYRCIARIA DUBIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; LEPIDIUM; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84886397159     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2013.802830     Document Type: Article

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