Phytother Res. 2003 Jun; 17(6): 579-90.

Plants for male fertility regulation.

Kamal R, Gupta RS, Lohiya NK.

Laboratory of Medicinal Plants and Biotechnology, Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur 302004, India.

The importance of drugs of plant origin in the pursuit of fertility regulating agents for the male from natural products has long been recognized. This review includes 80 plants with 205 references, up to year 2002. The type of extract, dose, animal model and pharmacological activity of these materials have been reviewed in this paper to add impetus to further research and collaboration to resolve the problem of population explosion.Copyright 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.