
doi: 10.1248/bpb.21.153
pmid: 9514610
The effects of Eurycoma longifolia JACK were studied on the orientation activities of sexually experienced male rats towards receptive females (mounting, licking, anogenital sniffing), environment (exploration, raring, climbing), themselves (genital grooming, non-genital grooming) and mobility (unrestricted, restricted) after dosing them with 200, 400 and 800 mg/kg body weight twice daily for 10 d prior to the test. The results showed that E. longifolia JACK modified the orientation activities of the treated male rats in that they significantly displayed more frequent and vigorous mounting, licking and anogenital sniffing towards the receptive females, and it further intensified self orientation as indicated by the increased grooming of the genitals compared to the controls (p<0.05). In addition, rats treated with 800 mg/kg of methanol, water and butanol extracts of E. longifolia JACK continued to show confinement to a particular area of the cage (around the female), thus showing restriction in movement as compared to the controls (p<0.05). However, the treated males possessed a lack of interest in the external environment as indicated by a reduction in exploration, raring and climbing on the cage wall. Hence, the present study further supports the folk use of E. longifolia JACK as an aphrodisiac.
Male, Experienced male rat, Plants, Medicinal, Plant Extracts, E. longifolia JACK, 590, 610, Rats, Sexual Behavior, Animal, Animals, Female, orientation activity, Orientation activity, experienced male rat
Male, Experienced male rat, Plants, Medicinal, Plant Extracts, E. longifolia JACK, 590, 610, Rats, Sexual Behavior, Animal, Animals, Female, orientation activity, Orientation activity, experienced male rat
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