Effect of aqueous extract of Arctium lappa L. (burdock) roots on the sexual behavior of male rats

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  JianFeng, Cao ^a   PengYing, Zhang ^a   ChengWei, Xu ^a   TaoTao, Huang ^a   YunGui, Bai ^a   KaoShan, Chen ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHRODISIAC AGENT; ARCTIUM LAPPA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SILDENAFIL; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EJACULATION; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; ARCTIUM; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; PENIS ERECTION; RANDOMIZATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; APHRODISIACS; ARCTIUM; EJACULATION; FEMALE; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PIPERAZINES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PURINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SULFONES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84858075474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-8     Document Type: Article

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