文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Aphrodisiac properties of Allium tuberosum seeds extract

作者：Hu Guohua[1];Lu Yanhua[2];Mao Rengang[1];Wei Dongzhi[2];Ma Zhengzhi[1];Zhang Hua[1]

机构：[1]Shanghai Normal Univ, Coll Life & Environm Sci, Shanghai 200234, Peoples R China;[2]E China Univ Sci & Technol, State Key Lab Bioreactor Engn, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China

年份：2009

卷号：122

期号：3

起止页码：579

外文期刊名：JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY

收录：;WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000265893900027)】；

基金：The work is supported by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission. The authors are grateful for the assistance of Zhou Jiachun and Zhuo zhixiang of the department of Food Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China; Yang Xiaotong, Wu Shifu and Cao Tong of College of Life and Environment Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.

语种：英文

外文关键词：Allium tuberosum; Seed; Herbal medicine; Aphrodisiac; Sexual behavior

摘要：Aim of the study: In the present study, we examined the effect of Allium tuberosum seeds extract upon the expression of male rat sexual behavior, in order to know whether Allium tuberosum seeds extract possess aphrodisiac property. Materials and methods: The aphrodisiac activity of Allium tuberosum seeds n-BuOH extract was investigated in male rats. The extract (500 mg/kg body weight/day) and L-dopa (100 mg/kg body weight/day) were administered orally by gavages for 40 days. Mount latency (ML), intromission latency (IL), ejaculation latency (EL),mounting frequency (MF), intromission frequency (IF), ejaculation frequency (EF) and post-ejaculatory interval (PEI) were the parameters observed before and during the sexual behavior study at day 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40. Results: The n-BuOH extract reduced significantly ML, IL, EL and PEI (p < 0.05). The extract also increased significantly MF, IF and EF (p < 0.05). These effects were observed in sexually active and inactive male rats. Conclusions: Present findings provide experimental evidence that the n-BuOH extract preparation of Allium tuberosum seeds possesses aphrodisiac property. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.