Effects of Microdesmis keayana roots on sexual behavior of male rats

Phytomedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 625-629

  Zamble A ^a   Sahpaz, S ^a   Brunet, C ^a   Bailleul, F ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Aphrodisiac; Male sexual behavior; Microdesmis keayana; Pandaceae

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; KEAYANIDINE B; KEAYANINE; MICRODESMIS KEAYANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; EJACULATION; FEEDING; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICRODESMIS KEAYANA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; APHRODISIACS; COUMARIC ACIDS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

MICRODESMIS; PANDACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 46049083958     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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