Effects of peppermint teas on plasma testosterone, follicle-stimulating hormone, and luteinizing hormone levels and testicular tissue in rats

Urology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 394-398

  Akdogan, Mehmet ^a   Ozguner, Meltem ^a   Kocak, Ahmet ^a   Oncu, Meral ^a   Cicek, Ekrem ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PEPPERMINT; TESTOSTERONE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTHA PIPERITA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BEVERAGES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; LEYDIG CELLS; LIBIDO; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MENTHA PIPERITA; MENTHA SPICATA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TURKEY;

EID: 4143128992     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.03.046     Document Type: Article

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