Pro-sexual effects of Turnera diffusa Wild (Turneraceae) in male rats involves the nitric oxide pathway

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 164-172

  Estrada Reyes, R ^a   Carro Juarez M ^b   Martinez Mota L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fictive ejaculation model; Male rat sexual behavior; Nitric oxide pathway; Turnera diffusa

Indexed keywords

APHRODISIAC AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILDENAFIL; TURNERA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URETHAN;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOBILIZATION; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PENIS ERECTION; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TURNERA; TURNERA DIFFUSA; TURNERACEAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; EJACULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE; PIPERAZINES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PURINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SULFONES; TURNERA;

EID: 84874076776     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.12.025     Document Type: Article

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