Lycopene therapy in idiopathic male infertility - A preliminary report

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 369-372

  Gupta, Narmada P ^a   Kumar, Rajeev ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Andrology; Antioxidants; Carotenoids; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species (ROS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 0042815077     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024483520560     Document Type: Article

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