Elevation of intracavernous pressure and NO-cGMP activity by a new herbal formula in penile tissues of spontaneous hypertensive male rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-180

  Sohn, Dong Wan ^a   Kim, Hee Youn ^a   Kim, Sung Dae ^a   Lee, Eun Jeong ^b   Kim, Hee Seok ^b   Kim, Jong Keun ^b   Hwang, Sung Yeoun ^b   Cho, Yong Hyun ^a   Kim, Sae Woong ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Korea Medical Science Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Herb; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KH 204; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNUS; CORNUS OFFICINALIS; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CUSCUTA CHINENSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HERB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYCIUM; LYCIUM CHINENSE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; PENILE INTRACAVERNOUS PRESSURE; PENIS ERECTION; PLANT SEED; PRESSURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RUBUS COREANUS; SCHISANDRACEAE; SCHIZANDRA CHINENSIS; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYCLIC GMP; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICINE, KOREAN TRADITIONAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; SEEDS;

CORNUS OFFICINALIS; CUSCUTA CHINENSIS; LYCIUM CHINENSE; RATTUS; RUBUS COREANUS; SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS;

EID: 55149115876     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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