Areca catechu nuts inhibit male sexual behaviour but not fertility in rats

Medical Science Research

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 703-707

  Ratnasooriya, W D ^a   Dharmasiri, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Aphrodisiac; Areca catechu nuts; Fertility; Sedation; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; SEDATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; ARECA; ARECA CATECHU; PIPER BETEL;

EID: 0030664573     PISSN: 02698951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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