Review Article
Ethnobiology and Ethnopharmacology of Lepidium meyenii (Maca), a Plant from the Peruvian Highlands
Table 2
Semen variables before and 4 month after maca treatment.
| | Semen variable | Before maca | After maca | P value |
| | Volume (mL) | 2.23 ± 0.28 | 2.91 ± 0.28 | <0.05 | | pH | 7.47 ± 0.09 | 7.44 ± 0.07 | NS | | Sperm count (106/mL) | 67.06 ± 18.61 | 90.33 ± 20.46 | NS | | Total sperm count (106/mL) | 140.95 ± 31.05 | 259.29 ± 68.17 | <0.05 | | Motile sperm count (106/mL) | 87.72 ± 19.87 | 183.16 ± 47.84 | <0.05 | | Sperm motility grade a (%) | 29.00 ± 5.44 | 33.65 ± 3.05 | NS | | Sperm motility grade a + b (%) | 62.11 ± 3.64 | 71.02 ± 2.86 | <0.05 | | Normal sperm morphology (%) | 75.50 ± 2.02 | 76.90 ± 1.23 | NS |
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Data are mean ± standard error of the mean. N = number of subjects, NS: not significant, source: [67].
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