Acute and chronic dosing of lepidium meyenii (Maca) on male rat sexual behavior

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 332-340

  Lentz, Aaron ^a   Gravitt, Karla ^a   Carson, Culley C ^a   Marson, Lesley ^a   Giuliano, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Ejaculation; Elevated plus maze; Herbal remedies; Postejaculatory interval; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; NATURAMAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EJACULATION; LATENT PERIOD; LEPIDIUM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 33947161531     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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