Pro-sexual effects of Dracaena arborea (wild) link (dracaenaceae) in sexually experienced male rats

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 400-419

  Watcho, Pierre ^a   Wankeu Nya, Modeste ^a   Nguelefack, Télesphore Benoît ^a   Tapondjou, Léon ^a   Teponno, Rémy ^a   Kamanyi, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Dracaena arborea; Normal and castrated rats; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DRACAENA ARBOREA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; HALOPERIDOL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROL; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRACAENA; DRACAENA ARBOREA; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EJACULATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

EID: 34248681279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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