Thymoquinone and vitamin E supplementation improve the reproductive characteristics of heat stressed male mice

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 493-499

  Al Zahrani, Saeed ^a   Mohany, Mohamed ^a   Kandeal, Saleh ^a,b   Badr, Gamal ^a,c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Free radicals; Heat stress; Semen quality; Testis; Thymoquinone (TQ); Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994559229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/JMPR11.1252     Document Type: Article

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