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Lepidium meyenii (Maca) increases litter size in normal adult female mice

BACKGROUND: Lepidium meyenii, known as Maca, grows exclusively in the Peruvian Andes over 4000 m altitude. It has been used traditionally to increase fertility. Previous scientific studies have demonstrated that Maca increases spermatogenesis and epididymal sperm count. The present study was aimed t...

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Autores principales: Ruiz-Luna, Ana C, Salazar, Stephanie, Aspajo, Norma J, Rubio, Julio, Gasco, Manuel, Gonzales, Gustavo F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1131923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15869705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7827-3-16