Efficacy of aphrodisiac plants towards improvement in semen quality and motility in infertile males

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mahajan, Ghanashyam Keshav ^a   Mahajan, Arun Yashwant ^a   Mahajan, Raghunath Totaram ^b  

^a D N Mahavidyalaya ^*  (India)

^b Moolji Jaitha College   (India)

Author keywords

Chlorophytum borivilianum; Eulophia campestris; Infertility; Mucuna pruriens; Neem oil; Oligozoospermic; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

APHRODISIAC AGENT; FOLLITROPIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEEM OIL; TESTOSTERONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILLIANUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EULOPHIA CAMPESTRIS; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERM; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VELVET BEAN; ANIMAL; AYURVEDA; BLOOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; LILIACEAE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUNA; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANIMALS; APHRODISIACS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; LILIACEAE; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUNA; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; SEEDS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84857700586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15533840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1553-3840.1520     Document Type: Article

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