Improvement of seminal parameters with prelox®: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-302

  Stanislavov, R ^a   Nikolova, V ^a   Rohdewald, P ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fertility; L arginine; Prelox ; Pycnogenol ; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ARGININE ASPARTATE; ARGININE ASPARTATE PLUS PYCNOGENOL; PLACEBO; PRELOX; PYCNOGENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 61449217851     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2592     Document Type: Article

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