Effect of a lipidic extract from Lepidium meyenii on sexual behavior in mice and rats

Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 598-602

  Zheng, Bo Lin ^a   He, Kan ^a   Kim, Calvin Hyungchan ^a   Rogers, Lingling ^a   Shao, Yu ^a   Huang, Zhen Yen ^b   Lu, Yang ^b   Yan, Sui Jun ^c   Qien, Lu Cheng ^d   Zheng, Qun Yi ^e  

^a Pure World Botanicals   (United States)

^b SHENYANG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c LIAONING UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHRODISIAC AGENT; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; MACAPURE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; COPULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PENILE ERECTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOLANACEAE; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

EID: 0034020336     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)00549-X     Document Type: Article

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