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Clinical evaluation of purified Shilajit on testosterone levels in healthy volunteers
Author(s) -
Pandit S.,
Biswas S.,
Jana U.,
De R. K.,
Mukhopadhyay S. C.,
Biswas T. K.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1439-0272
pISSN - 0303-4569
DOI - 10.1111/and.12482
Subject(s) - testosterone (patch) , placebo , dehydroepiandrosterone , medicine , endocrinology , hormone , free testosterone , sex hormone binding globulin , androgen , alternative medicine , pathology
Summary Purified Shilajit, an Ayurvedic rasayana , was evaluated in healthy volunteers of age between 45 and 55 years for its effect on male androgenic hormone viz . testosterone in a randomised, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled clinical study at a dose of 250 mg twice a day. Treatment with Shilajit for consecutive 90 days revealed that it has significantly ( P < 0.05) increased total testosterone, free testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone ( DHEAS ) compared with placebo. Gonadotropic hormones ( LH and FSH ) levels were well maintained.