Saffron improves epididymal sperm parameters in rats exposed to cadmium

Nephro-Urology Monthly

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Asadi, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Zafari, Fariba ^b   Sarveazad, Arash ^b   Abbasi, Mehdi ^c   Safa, Majid ^d   Koruji, Morteza ^b,d   Yari, Abazar ^b   Alizadeh Miran, Rafieh ^b  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Crocus; Rats; Sperm count; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EPIDIDYMIS; EXPOSURE; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PISTIL STIGMA; RAT; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS DISEASE;

EID: 84902362621     PISSN: 22517006     EISSN: 22517014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/numonthly.12521     Document Type: Article

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