Eurycoma longifolia Jack Enhances Libido in Sexually Experienced Male Rats

Experimental Animals

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 287-290

  Ang, Hooi Hoon ^a   Sim, Meng Kwoon ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

E. longifolia Jack; Libido; Sexually experienced male rats

Indexed keywords

APHRODISIAC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; LIBIDO; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; APHRODISIACS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIBIDO; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031255514     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.46.287     Document Type: Article

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