Pharmacological potential of plant used as aphrodisiacs

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-113

  Singh, Baljinder ^a   Gupta, Vikas ^b   Bansal, Parveen ^c   Singh, Ranjit ^a   Kumar, Dharmendra ^a  

^a SHOBHIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BABA FARID UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Aphrodisiac potentials; Erectile dysfunction; Herbal drugs; Male impotence

Indexed keywords

ACANTHACEAE; ACTINOPTERIDACEAE; ANACARDIACEAE; ANGIOSPERM; ANNONACEAE; APIALES; APOCYNACEAE; ARACEAE; ARECACEAE; ASCLEPIADACEAE; ASPHODELACEAE; ASTERACEAE; BARK; BIGNONIACEAE; BOMBACACEAE; BRASSICACEAE; BURSERACEAE; CAESALPINIA; CANNABINACEAE; CAPPARIDACEAE; CAPPARIS; COMBRETACEAE; COMMELINACEAE; COMPOSITAE; CONVOLVULACEAE; CUCUMBER; DIOSCOREACEAE; DRUG RESEARCH; EBENACEAE; ENDOSPERM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ERICACEAE; EUPHORBIA; FRUIT; GOOSEFOOT; GUTTIFERAE; IMPOTENCE; IRIDACEAE; LEGUME; LOGANIACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; MENISPERMACEAE; MIMOSA; MIMOSOIDEAE; MORACEAE; MYRISTICACEAE; MYRTACEAE; NONHUMAN; NYCTAGINACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PAPAVERACEAE; PASSION FRUIT; PEDALIACEAE; PERIPLOCA; PIPERACEAE; PLANT BULB; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; POLYGALACEAE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANUNCULACEAE; REVIEW; ROSACEAE; RUBIACEAE; SANTALACEAE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SIMAROUBACEAE; SIMARUBACEAE; STERCULIACEAE; TAMARIACEAE; TAXACEAE; TILIACEAE; VALERIANACEAE; VERBENACEAE; VITACEAE; WOOD; ZINGIBERACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 79952014966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0976044X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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