Objective: To investigate the effects of Xiongcan Yishen Prescription (XYP) on the expressions of cholesterol transport proteins,steroidogenic enzymes and steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1) in the Leydig cells of the rats with late-onset hypogonadism (LOH). Methods: Twenty-five 18-month-old male SD rats were randomly divided into five groups of equal number,LOH model control,testosterone propionate (TP) and low-,medium-and high-dose XYP,and another 5 two-month-old male SD rats included as normal controls. After modeling,the animals in the TP group were treated by intramuscular injection of TP at 5....