Pro-ejaculatory effect of the aqueous crude extract of cihuapatli (Montanoa tomentosa) in spinal male rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-116

  Carro Juárez, Miguel ^a   Lobatón, Isaac ^a   Benítez, Octavio ^a   Espíritu, Alejandra ^a  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aphrodisiac; Cihuapatli; Ejaculation; Male rat; Montanoa tomentosa; Oxytocin; Sexual potency

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHONIUM; MONTANOA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; EJACULATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MONTANOA; MONTANOA TOMENTOSA; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINE; URETHRA;

ANIMALS; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MONTANOA; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPINAL CORD; WATER;

ANIMALIA; MONTANOA; MONTANOA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 33646509644     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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