Effects of red palm oil and rooibos on sperm motility parameters in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 8-15

  Ayeleso, Ademola O ^a   Oguntibeju, Oluwafemi O ^a   Aboua, Yapo G ^a   Brooks, Nicole L ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Rats; Red palm oil; Rooibos; Sperm; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PALM OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; RED PALM OIL; ROOIBOS TEA EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED SPERM ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERBAL TEA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM AVERAGE PATH VELOCITY; SPERM LINEARITY; SPERM STRAIGHT LINE VELOCITY; SPERM STRAIGHTNESS; SPERM WOBBLE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL; ARECACEAE; ASPALATHUS; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; SPERMATOZOON; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; ASPALATHUS; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84911876874     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v11i5.2     Document Type: Article

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