Kaempferia parviflora, a plant used in traditional medicine to enhance sexual performance contains large amounts of low affinity PDE5 inhibitors

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1437-1441

  Temkitthawon, Prapapan ^a   Hinds, Thomas R ^b   Beavo, Joseph A ^b   Viyoch, Jarupa ^a   Suwanborirux, Khanit ^c   Pongamornkul, Wittaya ^d   Sawasdee, Pattara ^c   Ingkaninan, Kornkanok ^a  

^a NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Kaempferia parviflora; Leguminosae; Methoxyflavones; Phosphodiesterase5; Traditional sexual performance enhancer

Indexed keywords

3,5,7 TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE; 3,5,7,3',4' PENTAMETHOXYFLAVONE; 5 HYDROXY 3,7 DIMETHOXYFLAVONE; 5 HYDROXY 7,4' DIMETHOXYFLAVONE; 5, HYDROXY 3,7,4' TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE; 5,7 DIMETHOXYFLAVONE; 5,7,4' TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE; 7 METHOXYFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; KAEMPFERIA PARVIFLORA RHIZOME EXTRACT; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PHOSPHODIESTERASE VI; PLANT EXTRACT; SILDENAFIL; TECTOCHRYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; KAEMPFERIA PARVIFLORA; LUNG; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RETINA; RHIZOME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASES, TYPE 5; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASES, TYPE 6; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PENILE ERECTION; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RETINA; RHIZOME; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; ZINGIBERACEAE;

FABACEAE; KAEMPFERIA PARVIFLORA; MUS;

EID: 80054878081     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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