190
Views
9
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Enhancement of Sexual Motivation in Sexually Naive Male Mice by Eurycoma longifolia

, , &
Pages 144-146 | Published online: 29 Sep 2008
 

Abstract

Eurycoma longifolia was preliminary investigated for aphrodisiac property on sexually naive male mice using both the modified runway-choice and open field methods. The animals were conditioned to seek, either an estrous female, a measure of right choice for sexual motivation or a male mouse, a measure of wrong choice, within two minutes. However, male mice which failed to response within the stipulated period were considered as having no choice. Oral administration of 0.5 g/kg daily of different fractions of E. longifolia viz., chloroform, methanol, water and butanol resulted in an enhancement of the sexual motivation of the animals after three days post-treatment and the effect was more prominent after eight days post-treatment.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.