Withania somnifera improves semen quality in stress-related male fertility

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mahdi, Abbas Ali ^a   Shukla, Kamla Kant ^a   Ahmad, Mohammad Kaleem ^a   Rajender, Singh ^b   Shankhwar, Satya Narain ^a   Singh, Vishwajeet ^a   Dalela, Deepansh ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; FOLLITROPIN; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIPID PEROXIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; RETINOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 80052780988     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nep138     Document Type: Article

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