Mucuna pruriens improves male fertility by its action on the hypothalamus–pituitary–gonadal axis

• Published in: Fertility and sterility Vol. 92; no. 6; pp. 1934 - 1940
• Main Authors: Shukla, Kamla Kant, Mahdi, Abbas Ali, Ahmad, Mohammad Kaleem, Shankhwar, Satya Narain, Rajender, Singh, Jaiswar, Shyam Pyari
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.12.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Asthenozoospermia - drug therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Birth control; catecholamines; dopamine; Dopamine - blood; Epinephrine - blood; Fertility - drug effects; follicle-stimulating hormone; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System - drug effects; Internal Medicine; Male; Male infertility; Medical sciences; Medicine, Ayurvedic; Mucuna; Mucuna pruriens; Neurosecretory Systems - drug effects; Norepinephrine - blood; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Oligospermia - drug therapy; Pituitary Gland - drug effects; Plant Preparations - administration & dosage; Prospective Studies; Semen - drug effects; Sterility. Assisted procreation; Testis - drug effects; testosterone; Testosterone - blood; Young Adult; catecholamines; follicle-stimulating hormone; testosterone; Mucuna pruriens; dopamine; Male infertility; Dopamine; Androgen; Gynecology; Male; Hypothalamus; Catecholamine; infertility; Obstetrics; Sterility; Testosterone; Fertility; Gonad; Neurotransmitter; Pituitary gland; Axis; Follicle stimulating hormone

To understand the mechanism of action of Mucuna pruriens in the treatment of male infertility. Prospective study. Departments of Biochemistry, Urology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology, C.S.M. Medical University, Lucknow, India. Seventy-five normal healthy fertile men (controls) and 75 men undergoing i...