Effect of cordyceps militaris supplementation on sperm production, sperm motility and hormones in Sprague-Dawley rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 849-859

  Chang, Ying ^a   Jeng, Kee Ching ^b,c   Huang, Kuei Fen ^a   Lee, Ying Chung ^a   Hou, Chien Wei ^a   Chen, Kuan Hao ^a   Cheng, Fu Yen ^c   Liao, Jiunn Wang ^d   Chen, Yuh Shuen ^e  

^a JEN TEH JUNIOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cordyceps militaris; Sex Hormones; Sperm Motility; Sperm Production

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDYCEPS; CORDYCEPS MILITARIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORDYCEPS; DEOXYADENOSINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ESTRADIOL; HORMONES; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 57349185555     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X08006296     Document Type: Article

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