Chemotherapeutic efficacy of an ethanolic Moringa oleifera leaf extract against chromium-induced testicular toxicity in rats

Andrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1047-1054

  Sadek, K M ^a  

^a DAMANHOUR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Chromium; Immunostimulant; Moringa oleifera; Sperm parameters

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALCOHOL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; GLOBULIN; GLUTATHIONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IRON; MALONALDEHYDE; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE; ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT CHANGE; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY WEIGHT; COPPER; ETHANOL; IRON; MALE; MORINGA OLEIFERA; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84907924627     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12196     Document Type: Article

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