Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Year: 2017
Volume: 12
Issue: 5 SI
Page No. 6994 - 6999

A Study on the Effects of Eurycoma longifolia and Polyalthia bullata on Reproductive Organs and Androgens of Male Sprague-Dawley Rats

Authors : Mashani Mohamad, Hannis Fadzillah Mohsin and Gurmeet Kaur Surindar Singh

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