Title
Herbal medicine used to treat andrological problems: Americas
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
book part
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Elsevier
Abstract
Native American populations have been using herbs for millennia to treat ailments and diseases. Male sexual and reproductive health has also been addressed by traditional American herbal medicine using mainly native plants. As a megadiverse zone, the materia prima of this therapeutic approach is vast. In recent years, scientific methods have been used to test the validity of traditional knowledge and to find novel pharmacological agents to treat the ever-growing demand for andrological therapies. This chapter aims to gather evidence of American herbs with attributed effects in andrological issues. Species from North America, Central America, and the Caribbean and South America are reviewed. The majority of studies have been done with in vitro and in vivo models and lack human trials to confirm reliably their properties but enough evidence to justify further research is provided, especially in species such as Lepidium meyenii (Maca), Serenoa repens, and Cucurbita pepo.
Start page
47
End page
66
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
AndrologÃa
Medicina integral, Medicina complementaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85105753888
Resource of which it is part
Herbal Medicine in Andrology
ISBN of the container
9780128155653
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción CientÃfica
Scopus