Influence of Eurycoma longifolia on the copulatory activity of sexually sluggish and impotent male rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 308-313

  Zanoli, P ^a   Zavatti, M ^a   Montanari, C ^a   Baraldi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eurycoma longifolia; Male rat; Mating test; Partner preference test; Sexual behavior; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; TESTOSTERONE;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; EJACULATION; EURYCOMA; EURYCOMA LONGIFOLIA; FEMALE; IMPOTENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; APHRODISIACS; EJACULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EURYCOMA; FEMALE; LIBIDO; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; EURYCOMA LONGIFOLIA; RATTUS;

EID: 70350341478     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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