The hormonal effects of Tribulus terrestris and its role in the management of male erectile dysfunction - an evaluation using primates, rabbit and rat

Phytomedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 44-54

  Gauthaman, Kalamegam ^a   Ganesan, Adaikan P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate; Dihydrotestosterone; Erectile dysfunction; Protodioscin; Steroidal glycosides; Testosterone; Tribulus terrestris

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROTODIOSCIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EVALUATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASTRATION; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PAPIO ANUBIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE; TRIBULUS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRIMATES; RATTUS; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 37549007627     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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