Effect of vitamin C on male fertility in rats subjected to forced swimming stress

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 6-9

  Vijayprasad, Sanghishetti ^a   Ghongane, B B ^a   Nayak, B B ^b  

^a Clinical Trials Unit   (India)

^b Department of Pharmacology PDVVPF's Medical College ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Male fertility; Oxidative stress; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATORY INDEX; DRUG MEGADOSE; FORCED SWIM TEST; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON LIFESPAN; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTICULAR INDEX; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 84904787518     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/8432.4622     Document Type: Article

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