Effect of Black maca (Lepidium meyenii) on one spermatogenic cycle in rats

Andrologia

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 166-172

  Gonzales, G F ^a   Nieto, J ^a   Rubio, J ^a   Gasco, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Black maca; Intratesticular testosterone; Lepidium meyenii; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogenic cycle

Indexed keywords

LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; LEPIDIUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; HYPOCOTYL; KINETICS; LEPIDIUM; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 33748559146     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2006.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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