Effects of Chinese herbal medicine on sperm motility and fluorescence spectra parameters

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-224

  Amano, T ^a   Hirata, A ^a   Namiki, M ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chinese herbal medicine; Fluorescence spectra; Hochu ekki to; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 79961238526     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019608988524     Document Type: Article

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