Improvement of penile erection, sperm count and seminal fructose levels in vivo and nitric oxide release in vitro by ayurvedic herbs

Andrologia

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 273-277

  Thakur, M ^a,b,c   Thompson, D ^a   Connellan, P ^a   Deseo, M A ^a   Morris, C ^a   Dixit, V K ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphrodisiac; Nitric oxide; Penile erection index; Seminal fructose concentration; Sperm count; Vajikaran rasayana

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILIANUM EXTRACT; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES EXTRACT; DACTYLORHIZA HATAGIREA EXTRACT; FRUCTOSE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILIANUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCULIGO; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES; DACTYLORHIZA HATAGIREA; DRUG EFFICACY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; RAT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALS; APHRODISIACS; CELL LINE; FRUCTOSE; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; PENILE ERECTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 79959963341     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2010.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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