Effect of lipid-based suspension of Epimedium koreanum Nakai extract on sexual behavior in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 412-416

  Makarova, Marina N ^a   Pozharitskaya, Olga N ^a   Shikov, Alexander N ^a   Tesakova, Svetlana V ^a   Makarov, Valery G ^a   Tikhonov, Vladimir P ^b  

^a Interregional Center Adaptogen   (Russian Federation)

^b Diod Moscow Plant   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Epimedium koreanum; Rats; Sexual behavior; Wheat germ oil

Indexed keywords

EPIMEDIUM KOREANUM EXTRACT; ICARIIN; LIPID; OLIVE OIL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL; VIARDO; WHEAT GERM OIL;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EJACULATION; EPIMEDIUM KOREANUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT DURATION; WHEAT GERM;

AGING; ANIMALS; EPIMEDIUM; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PENILE ERECTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SUSPENSIONS;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; EPIMEDIUM; EPIMEDIUM KOREANUM; RATTUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 35648935938     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.08.021     Document Type: Article

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