Aphrodisiac property of Trichopus zeylanicus extract in male mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-27

  Subramoniam, A ^a   Madhavachandran, V ^a   Rajasekharan, S ^a   Pushpangadan, P ^a  

^a Trop Botanic Gdn and Res Inst   (India)

Author keywords

Aphrodisiac drug; Mating; Mice; Sexual stimulation; Trichopus zeylanicus

Indexed keywords

APHRODISIAC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FERTILITY; FETUS GROWTH; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANIMALS; APHRODISIACS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030737871     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(97)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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