Lepidium meyenii (Maca) enhances the serum levels of luteinising hormone in female rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 897-902

  Uchiyama, Fumiaki ^a   Jikyo, Tamaki ^a   Takeda, Ryosuke ^a   Ogata, Misato ^a  

^a NAKAMURA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertility; Lepidium meyenii; Luteinising hormone; Maca

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM MEYENII; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PLANT TUBER; PROESTRUS; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TAXONOMY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

LEPIDIUM MEYENII; RATTUS;

(9Z,12Z)-N-BENZYLOCTADECA-9,12-DIENAMIDE (PUBCHEM CID: 68742556); ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID (PUBCHEM CID: 5280934); FERTILITY; LEPIDIUM MEYENII; LINOLEIC ACID (PUBCHEM CID: 3931); LUTEINISING HORMONE; MACA; N-BENZYLHEXADECANAMIDE (PUBCHEM CID: 11198769); N-BENZYLOCTADECANAMIDE (PUBCHEM CID: 220495);

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS; LEPIDIUM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT TUBERS; POWDERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84895077274     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.11.058     Document Type: Article

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