Oral l-Citrulline supplementation improves erectile function in rats with acute arteriogenic erectile dysfunction

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2423-2429

  Shiota, Arufumi ^a   Hotta, Yuji ^a   Kataoka, Tomoya ^a   Morita, Masahiko ^b   Maeda, Yasuhiro ^a   Kimura, Kazunori ^a,c  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriogenic; Erectile Dysfunction; Improvement of Erectile Function; l Citrulline; Nitric Oxide

Indexed keywords

CITRULLINE; COLLAGEN; NITROGEN OXIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACUTE ARTERIOGENIC ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ARTERIOGENIC; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; IMPROVEMENT OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; L-CITRULLINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CITRULLINE; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885927959     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12260     Document Type: Article

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