Garlic supplementation increases testicular testosterone and decreases plasma corticosterone in rats fed a high protein diet

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2150-2156

  Oi, Y ^a   Imafuku, M ^a   Shishido, C ^a   Kominato, Y ^a   Nishimura, S ^a   Iwai, K ^a  

^a KOBE WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Diallyldisulfide; Garlic; Rats; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

17 OXOSTEROID; ARGINASE; CASEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DISULFIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; GARLIC; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT; TESTIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034905323     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/131.8.2150     Document Type: Article

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