Lepidium meyenii (Maca) varieties did not alter female reproductive parameters in adult intact rats

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Gasco, Manuel ^a   Yucra, Sandra ^a   Rubio, Julio ^a   Gonzales, Gustavo F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Body weight; Estrous cycle; Estrous phase; Female rats; Lepidium meyenii; Oocytes; Serum estradiol levels; Uterine wet weight

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; LEPIDIUM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; RAT; UTERUS WEIGHT;

EID: 48749102792     PISSN: 15533840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1553-3840.1121     Document Type: Article

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