Effect of chronic treatment with three varieties of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) on reproductive parameters and DNA quantification in adult male rats

Andrologia

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 151-158

  Gasco, M ^a   Aguilar, J ^a   Gonzales, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Daily sperm production; Lepidium meyenii; Sperm count in epididymis; Sperm count in vas deferens; Testis DNA levels

Indexed keywords

DNA; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER TOXICITY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPLEEN; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; DNA; EPIDIDYMIS; LEPIDIUM; LIVER; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 34547840235     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2007.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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