Withania somnifera improves semen quality by combating oxidative stress and cell death and improving essential metal concentrations

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 421-427

  Shukla, Kamla Kant ^a   Mahdi, Abbas Ali ^a   Mishra, Vivek ^c   Rajender, Singh ^b   Sankhwar, Satya Narain ^a   Patel, Devender ^c   Das, Mukul ^c  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Male infertility; Metals; ROS; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

CUPRIC ION; FERROUS ION; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; GOLD; HERBACEOUS AGENT; METAL ION; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA ROOT POWDER; ZINC ION; COPPER; IRON; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; ZINC;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CELL LEVEL; CELL PROTECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; INFERTILITY, MALE; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; WITHANIA;

APOPTOSIS; COPPER; GOLD; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; IRON; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA; WITHANIA; ZINC;

EID: 79959343592     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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