Efficacy of furosap™, a novel trigonella foenum-graecum seed extract, in enhancing testosterone level and improving sperm profile in male volunteers

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 58-66

  Maheshwari, Anuj ^a,b   Verma, Narsingh ^c   Swaroop, Anand ^d   Bagchi, Manashi ^d   Preuss, Harry G ^e   Tiwari, Kiran ^f   Bagchi, Debasis ^d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b SHK Diabetes Clinic Research Center   (India)

^c KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Cepham Inc   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Chemical Resources   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular health; Fenugreeks seed extract (Furosap ); Mental alertness; Mood; Protodioscin; Safety; Sperm profile; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; FENUGREEK EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; FUROSAP; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALERTNESS; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; FENUGREEK; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIBIDO; MALE; MOOD; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PENIS ERECTION; PLANT SEED; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL HEALTH; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; AFFECT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 85010070422     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.17256     Document Type: Article

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