Cistanche deserticola decoction alleviates the testicular toxicity induced by hydroxyurea in male mice

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 838-840

  Gu, Li ^a   Xiong, Wen Ting ^a   Wang, Chao ^a   Sun, Hong Xia ^a   Li, Guo Fu ^a   Liu, Xin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cistanche deserticola; hormones; hydroxyurea; seminiferous tubule

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE GENITAL SYSTEM; CISTANCHE DESERTICOLA EXTRACT; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROXYUREA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLANT EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CISTANCHE DESERTICOLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CISTANCHE; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; TESTIS;

EID: 84887222483     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2013.73     Document Type: Article

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