Effect of two different extracts of red maca in male rats with testosterone-induced prostatic hyperplasia

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-251

  Gonzales, Gustavo F ^a,b   Vasquez, Vanessa ^a   Rodriguez, Daniella ^a   Maldonado, Carmen ^a   Mormontoy, Juliet ^a   Portella, Jimmy ^a   Pajuelo, Monica ^a   Villegas, León ^a   Gasco, Manuel ^a   Mathur, P P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Benzyl glucosinolates; Freeze dried aqueous extract; Hydroalcoholic extract; Lepidium meyenii; Prostate weight; Prostatic hyperplasia; Red maca

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE GENITAL SYSTEM; BENZYLGLUCOSINOLATE; FINASTERIDE; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; FREEZE DRYING; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ALCOHOLS; ANIMALS; FINASTERIDE; LEPIDIUM; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RATS; TESTOSTERONE; THIOCYANATES; THIOGLUCOSIDES; WATER;

EID: 33947230724     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2007.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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