Effects of several Chinese herbal aqueous extracts on human sperm motility in vitro

Andrologia

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 78-83

  Liu, J ^a   Liang, P ^a   Yin, C ^b   Wang, T ^a   Li, H ^a   Li, Y ^a   Ye, Z ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acanthopanacis senticosi; Astragalus membranaceus; Chinese medicine; Computer assisted sperm analysis; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM EXTRACT; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; OPHIOPOGON ROOT; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 2442562517     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2004.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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