An extract of pomegranate fruit and galangal rhizome increases the numbers of motile sperm: A prospective, randomised, controlled, double-blinded trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Fedder, Maja D K ^a   Jakobsen, Henrik B ^b   Giversen, Ina ^b   Christensen, Lars P ^c   Parner, Erik T ^d   Fedder, Jens ^a,e  

^a HORSENS REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Nerthus ApS ^*  (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINIA GALANGA EXTRACT; ALPINIA GALANGA PLUS POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; ELLAGIC ACID; PLACEBO; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; PUNICALAGIN A; PUNICALAGIN B; PUNICALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; EJACULATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHIZOME; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TABLET; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ALPINIA; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECTS; FRUIT; LIFESTYLE; LYTHRACEAE; METABOLISM;

KAEMPFERIA GALANGA; LYTHRACEAE;

ADULT; ALPINIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FRUIT; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUNICACEAE; RHIZOME; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84907481711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108532     Document Type: Article

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