Mucuna pruriens reduces stress and improves the quality of semen in infertile men

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-144

  Shukla, Kamla Kant ^a   Mahdi, Abbas Ali ^a   Ahmad, Mohammad Kaleem ^a   Jaiswar, Shyam Pyari ^b   Shankwar, Satya Narain ^a   Tiwari, Sarvada Chandra ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Lipid peroxides; Male infertility; Mucuna pruriens; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIPID PEROXIDE; MUCUNA PRURIENS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VELVET BEAN;

EID: 77249174800     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nem171     Document Type: Article

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