What is the role of unripe Rubus coreanus extract on penile erection?

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1046-1053

  Zhao, Chen ^a   Kim, Hye Kyung ^a   Kim, Sung Zoo ^a   Chae, Han Jung ^a   Cui, Wan Shou ^b   Lee, Sung Won ^c   Jeon, Ju Hong ^d   Park, Jong Kwan ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

NO cGMP system; Penile corpus cavernosum (PCC); Penile perfusion model; Rubus coreanus; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; AGENTS ACTING ON THE GENITAL SYSTEM; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACT; RUBUS COREANUS EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SILDENAFIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FRUIT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; ROSACEAE; RUBUS COREANUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FRUIT; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PIPERAZINES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PURINES; RABBITS; ROSACEAE; SULFONES;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RUBUS COREANUS;

EID: 84860405729     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3393     Document Type: Article

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