Efficacy of Withania somnifera on seminal plasma metabolites of infertile males: A proton NMR study at 800 MHz

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 208-214

  Gupta, Ashish ^a   Mahdi, Abbas Ali ^b   Shukla, Kamla Kant ^b   Ahmad, Mohammad Kaleem ^b   Bansal, Navneeta ^b   Sankhwar, Pushplata ^b   Sankhwar, Satya Narain ^b  

^a Center for Bio Medical Magnetic Resonance Lucknow   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Infertility; NMR; Seminal plasma; Spectroscopy; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CHOLINE; CITRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; LACTIC ACID; LIPID PEROXIDE; LYSINE; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE; URIDINE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PLANT ROOT; POWDER; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEMINAL PLASMA; SERUM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT DURATION; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ASTHENOZOOSPERMIC; AZ; CONTROL GROUP; CZ; INFERTILITY; NMR; NORMOZOOSPERMIC; NZ; OLIGOZOOSPERMIC; OZ; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPECTROSCOPY; TRI-METHYLSILYLPROPIONIC ACID; TSP; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ADULT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFERTILITY, MALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; METABOLOME; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; SEMEN; WITHANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882286073     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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