Treatment of Human Infertility
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This review summarizes data on the positive effects of plant extracts on spermatogenesis, addressing male and female infertility causes like spermatogenetic failure, PID, and endometriosis.
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This paper is a review of causes of human infertility and focuses on medicinal plant extracts with reported positive effects on spermatogenesis, particularly in the context of male infertility. It summarizes literature in which male infertility is attributed to spermatogenic failure and female infertility can involve factors such as pelvic inflammatory disease, uterine problems, prior tubal ligation, and endometriosis, while providing an overview of plant-based approaches aimed at reproductive hormone regulation and oxidative stress mechanisms. A major limitation explicitly reflected in the article text is that it provides a high-level synthesis rather than original experimental results, and the evidence base is presented broadly across heterogeneous studies. Relevance to endometriosis: the review cites endometriosis as one of the causes of female infertility in its background discussion, though the paper’s main focus is medicinal plants for spermatogenesis and male infertility.
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The human infertility is a major problem at this time in entire world. Some important factors that responsible for this cause like as Daily routine, Food contents, less physical activity etc. About 40% infertility cases count due to male factors. The spermatogenetic failure is one of the major causes of male infertility while the in female infertility is due to Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), uterine problems, previous tubal ligation, Endometriosis etc. A number of medicinal plants used in the treatment of this disorder. So in this review, we have summarized most of the data dealing with the positive effects of plant extracts on spermatogenesis.
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The human infertility is a major problem at this time in entire world. Some important factors that responsible for this cause like as Daily routine, Food contents, less physical activity etc. About 40% infertility cases count due to male factors. The spermatogenetic failure is one of the major causes of male infertility while the in female infertility is due to Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), uterine problems, previous tubal ligation, Endometriosis etc. A number of medicinal plants used in the treatment of this disorder. So in this review, we have summarized most of the data dealing with the positive effects of plant extracts on spermatogenesis.
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Ravi Kumar, Girendra Kumar Gautam, Sweta Pundir, Shafqat Zaidi, Chhavi Gupta. Treatment of Human Infertility. Asian Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2021; 11(2):160-4. doi: 10.52711/2231-5659.2021-11-2-12
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Ravi Kumar, Girendra Kumar Gautam, Sweta Pundir, Shafqat Zaidi, Chhavi Gupta. Treatment of Human Infertility. Asian Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2021; 11(2):160-4. doi: 10.52711/2231-5659.2021-11-2-12 Available on: https://ajpsonline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2021-11-2-12
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