Pharmacologically screened aphrodisiac plant-A review of current scientific literature

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Patel, D K ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Prasad, S K ^a   Hemalatha, S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aphrodisiac; Ejaculation frequency; Ejaculation latency; Intromission frequency; Intromission latency; Mount frequency; Mounts latency

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM TUBEROSUM EXTRACT; ALPINIA CALCARATA EXTRACT; ANACYCLUS PYRETHRUM EXTRACT; APHRODISIAC AGENT; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; BIDENS FRONDOSA EXTRACT; BLEPHARIS EDULIS EXTRACT; CAESALPINIA BENTHAMIANA EXTRACT; CAMELLIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CASIMIROA EDULIS EXTRACT; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM EXTRACT; CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILIANUM EXTRACT; CROCIN; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES EXTRACT; DIODIA SCANDENS EXTRACT; DURIO ZIBETHINUS EXTRACT; EURYCOMA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; HELMINTHOSTACHYS ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; KAEMPFERIA PARVIFLORA EXTRACT; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; LITSEA CHINENSIS EXTRACT; LYCIUM BARBARUM EXTRACT; MICRODESMIS KEAYANA EXTRACT; MONTANOA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; SAFRANAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACANTHACEAE; ALLIUM; ALLIUM TUBEROSUM; ALPINIA; ALPINIA CALCARATA; ANACYCLUS PYRETHRUM; ASTERACEAE; AYURVEDA; AZOOSPERMIA; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIDENS FRONDOSA; BLEPHARIS EDULIS; CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA BENTHAMIANA; CASIMIROA EDULIS; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILIANUM; COMPUTED MALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR PARAMETERS; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES; DATA BASE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DURIO ZIBETHINUS; EJACULATION FREQUENCY; EJACULATION LATENCY; EURYCOMA LONGIFOLIA; HELMINTHOSTACHYS ZEYLANICA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INDEX OF LIBIDO; INTROMISSION FREQUENCY; KAEMPFERIA PARVIFLORA; LITSEA CHINENSIS; MATING; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICRODESMIS KEAYANA; MONTANOA TOMENTOSA; MOUNT LATENCY; MOUNTING FREQUENCY; NONHUMAN; POST EJACULATORY INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TEA; TESTIS DISEASE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALIA; BUFO MARINUS; CROCUS SATIVUS; LYTTA VESICATORIA; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS; PTYCHOPETALUM OLACOIDES; THEOBROMA COCAO; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84863393310     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60140-8     Document Type: Review

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