Protective effect of Pumpkin seed extract on sperm characteristics, biochemical parameters and epididymal histology in adult male rats treated with Cyclophosphamide

Andrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 927-935

  Aghaei, S ^a   Nikzad, H ^a   Taghizadeh, M ^a   Tameh, A A ^a   Taherian, A ^a   Moravveji, A ^a  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; epididymis; pumpkin seed extract; sperm parameters; total antioxidant capacity

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PUMPKIN SEED EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS WEIGHT; HAIR LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPERM; SPERM VIABILITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SQUASH; TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY;

EID: 85007238069     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12175     Document Type: Article

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