Effect of Saponins of Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth bark on the reproductive system of male albino rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 31-36

  Gupta, R S ^a   Chaudhary, Rakesh ^a   Yadav, Rajesh K ^a   Verma, Suresh K ^a   Dobhal, M P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Albizia lebbeck; Sertoli cell; Sperm density; Sperm motility; Testicular cell population

Indexed keywords

ALBIZIA LEBBECK EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN; SAPONIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALBIZIA LEBBECK; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARK; CELL COUNT; CELL VACUOLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; EPIDIDYMIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FERTILITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALBIZZIA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDIDYMIS; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SAPONINS; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 9644254154     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.07.025     Document Type: Article

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