Effect of butanolic fraction of yellow and black maca (Lepidium meyenii) on the sperm count of adult mice

Andrologia

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 915-921

  Inoue, N ^a   Farfan, C ^a   Gonzales, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

antioxidant; black maca; butanolic fraction; sperm count; total phenolic content; yellow maca

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; BUTANOL; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; EPIDIDYMIS; HYPOCOTYL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 84988941536     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12679     Document Type: Article

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