Medicinal plants as potential male anti-infertility agents: A review;Les plantes médicinales dans le traitement de l'infertilité chez le mâle: Mise au point

Andrologie

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 148-158

  Nantia, E A ^a   Moundipa, P F ^a   Monsees, T K ^b   Carreau, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Erection; Libido; Male infertility; Medicinal plants; Sexual asthenia; Sperm

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949117660     PISSN: 11662654     EISSN: 17605377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12610-009-0030-2     Document Type: Review

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