Effect of Curculigo orchioides on hyperglycemia-induced oligospermia and sexual dysfunction in male rats

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-37

  Thakur, M ^a,b   Chauhan, N S ^b   Sharma, V ^b   Dixit, V K ^b   Bhargava, S ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Curculigo orchioides; penile erection; sexual behavior; sexual dysfunction; sildenafil citrate

Indexed keywords

CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES EXTRACT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILDENAFIL; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCULIGO; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; EJACULATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERB; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CURCULIGO; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FRUCTOSE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PENILE ERECTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 84855906431     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijir.2011.43     Document Type: Article

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