Maca (L. meyenii) for improving sexual function: A systematic review

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Shin, Byung Cheul ^a   Lee, Myeong Soo ^b,d   Yang, Eun Jin ^b   Lim, Hyun Suk ^c   Ernst, Edzard ^d  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; PHYTOESTROGEN; PHYTOSTEROL; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CYCLING; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENOPAUSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; FEMALE; LEPIDIUM; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPIDIUM; MALE; MENOPAUSE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955206345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-10-44     Document Type: Article

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