Effect of Lepidium meyenii Walp. on semen parameters and serum hormone levels in healthy adult men: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Melnikovova, Ingrid ^a   Fait, Tomas ^b   Kolarova, Michaela ^a   Fernandez, Eloy C ^a   Milella, Luigi ^c  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HORMONE; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEPIDIUM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PLANT GROWTH; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 84941624944     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/324369     Document Type: Article

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