Feeding hydroalcoholic extract powder of Lepidium meyenii (maca) increases serum testosterone concentration and enhances steroidogenic ability of Leydig cells in male rats

Andrologia

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 347-354

  Ohta, Y ^a   Yoshida, K ^a   Kamiya, S ^a   Kawate, N ^a   Takahashi, M ^b   Inaba, T ^a   Hatoya, S ^a   Morii, H ^c   Takahashi, K ^c   Ito, M ^c   Ogawa, H ^d   Tamada, Hiromichi ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Towa Engineering Corporation   (Japan)

^d Tezukayama Gakuin University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leydig cells; Maca; Rat; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

22 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; ALCOHOL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREGNENOLONE; TESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; POWDER; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; LEPIDIUM; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; LEPIDIUM; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84960171643     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12453     Document Type: Article

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