A mixture of extracts from Peruvian plants (black maca and yacon) improves sperm count and reduced glycemia in mice with streptozotocin-induced diabetes

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 509-518

  Gonzales, Gustavo F ^a   Gonzales Castañeda, Cynthia ^a   Gasco, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Black maca; Diabetes; Lepidium meyenii; Polyphenols; Smallanthus sonchifolius; Sperm count; Yacon

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUCOSE; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; SMALLANTHUS SONCHIFOLIUS EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MIXTURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALLANTHUS SONCHIFOLIUS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TREATMENT DURATION; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTERACEAE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; LEPIDIUM; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPERM COUNT; STREPTOZOCIN;

EID: 84883434116     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2013.785656     Document Type: Article

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