Synergistic effect of the hydroalcoholic extract from Lepidium meyenii (Brassicaceae) and Fagara tessmannii (Rutaceae) on male sexual organs and hormone level in rats

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 80-86

  Lembè, Dieudonné Massoma ^a   Gasco, Manuel ^a   Gonzales, G F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Fagara tessmannii; Lepidium meyenii (Maca Negro); spermatogenesis; testosterone level.

Indexed keywords

FAGARA TESSMANNII HYDROALCOHOLIC EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEPIDIUM MEYENII HYDROALCOHOLIC EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FAGARA TESSMANNII; LEPIDIUM MEYENII; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 84891880823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.121451     Document Type: Article

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