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Improvement Of Penile Erection, Sperm Count And Seminal Fructose Levels In Vivo And Nitric Oxide Release In Vitro By Ayurvedic Herbs, Mayank Thakur, Dion Thompson, Paul Connellan, Myrna Deseo, Carol Morris, V Dixit
Improvement Of Penile Erection, Sperm Count And Seminal Fructose Levels In Vivo And Nitric Oxide Release In Vitro By Ayurvedic Herbs, Mayank Thakur, Dion Thompson, Paul Connellan, Myrna Deseo, Carol Morris, V Dixit
Dr Myrna A Deseo
In the present study, the effect of four Vajikaran Rasayana herbs on penile erection, sperm count, seminal fructose content in vivo and nitric oxide (NO) release in vitro was assessed. Lyophilised aqueous extracts of Asparagus racemosus Willd. (AR), Chlorophytum borivilianum Sant. F. (CB), Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. (CO), and Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D. Don) Soo (DH) were orally administered at 100 mg/kg body weight to Wistar strain male albino rats. Penile erection index and sperm count were determined by visual observation; the seminal fructose concentration was measured spectrophotometrically using resorcinol reagent; and NO release was assessed in a mouse macrophage cell line …