Probable neuro sexual mode of action of Casimiroa edulis seed extract verses sildenafil citrate (viagra™) on mating behavior in normal male rats

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Ali, Syed Tabrez ^a   Rakkah, Nabeeh I ^a  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Casimiroa edulis; Mating behavior; Rat; Sildenafil citrate

Indexed keywords

APHRODISIAC AGENT; CASIMIROA EDULIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SILDENAFIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CASIMIROA; CASIMIROA EDULIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EJACULATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WISTAR RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; APHRODISIACS; CASIMIROA; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; MALE; PIPERAZINES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PURINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SULFONES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 41649098071     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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