Products with ingredients extracted from plants, such as puncturevine (
Tribulus terrestris), barrenwort (Epimedium), and valerian are labeled as supplementary foods in some countries but are classified as Chinese herbal medicine in Taiwan.
(2016) evidenced that Kurd tribes treated kidney stones in Abdanan and Dehloran districts of Ilam Province, Iran using Alhagipersarum Boiss & Buhse and Rubia tinctorum, Linum usitatissimum L.,
Tribulus terrestris L., Prunus cerasus L.
In studies of Hemalatha and Hari [12], the saponin rich fraction of
Tribulus terrestris (SFTT) treatment caused a significant increase in the serum testosterone level in male rats.
Jabbar, Longipetalosides A-C, new steroidal saponins from
Tribulus longipetalus.
A member of the Zygophyllaceae family
Tribulus terrestris, also known as Gokshura, Gokharu, or puncture vine, is an annual herb; its aerial parts, roots, and fruits have been used in traditional medicine for anti-inflammatory, diuretic, tonic, antimicrobial, and aphrodisiac purposes for thousands of years in China, India, Pakistan, and Sudan.
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Tribulus terrestris is one of the popular plants known in the treatment of male sexual complications.
Protective effect of
Tribulus terrestris hydroalcoholic extract against cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity on sperm parameters in male mice.
Tribulus terrestris for Low Libido in Postmenopausal Women
"With the elimination of the flora from the site, the last-known Halfa grass plant in the UAE had gone," according to a report by Shahid and Rao in the latest issue of the academic journal
Tribulus, published by the Emirates Natural History Group.
It contained a standardized mixture of fish and rice and an omega-6:omega-3 ratio of 4:1 enriched with Lepidium meyenii (0.0865%),
Tribulus terrestris (0.0052%), L-carnitine (0.042%), zinc (0.005%), beta-carotene (0.023%), vitamin E (0.024%), and folic acid (0.000027%) embedded in cold-pressed tablets composed of 60-80% of hydrolyzed proteins (fish and vegetable).
spicata parts (Lamiaceae, MARE 15331) Aerial Appetizer parts Aerial Cold parts
Tribulus terrestris L.
Cluster-2 Convolvulus arvensis, Eclipta prostrate, Amaranthus spinosus, Clerodendron inerme and
Tribulus terrestris had medium whereas cluster-3 Launea nudicaulis, Chinopodium morale, C.