An experimental study of sexual function improving effect of Myristica fragrans Houtt. (nutmeg)

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Tajuddin, ^a   Ahmad, Shamshad ^a   Latif, Abdul ^a   Qasmi, Iqbal Ahmad ^a   Amin, Kunwar Mohammad Yusuf ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHRODISIAC AGENT; NUTMEG OIL; SILDENAFIL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MECHANISM; EJACULATION; EXOPHTHALMOS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LIBIDO; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MATING; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PTOSIS; RAT; RHINORRHEA; SALIVATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TREMOR; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; NUTMEG; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; REACTION TIME; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; APHRODISIACS; FEMALE; LIBIDO; MALE; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS; PENILE ERECTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; REACTION TIME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE;

EID: 27644570669     PISSN: 14726882     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-5-16     Document Type: Article

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