BACKGROUND Arctium lappa L. root has traditionally been recommended as an aphrodisiac agent. It is used to treat impotence and sterility in China, and Native Americans included the root in herbal preparations for women in labor. However, its use has not been scientifically validated. The present study therefore investigated the effects of aqueous extract of Arctium lappa L. roots on sexual beha...

Sex- and age-specific rates of killing unrelated persons of one's own sex were computed for Canada (1974-1983), England/Wales (1977-1986), Chicago (1965-1981), and Detroit (1972) from census information and data archives of all homicides known to police. Patterns in relation to sex and age were virtually identical among the four samples, although the rates varied enormously (from 3.7 per millio...

Acoustic startle responses (ASR) were studied in 12 young Wistar albino and in 15 hooded rats of both genders. The six week old animals were first exposed to a 6.9 kHz tone pair of 2 ms pulses of 120 db intensity with the inter-stimulus interval (ISI) between 2 and 11 ms. ASR amplitudes and latencies as a function of the ISI, animal strain and gender were recorded and analyzed for ten consecuti...

Albino rats, both males and females were adrenalectomized (Adx.), either on the eleventh or the twenty fifth day after birth and the body weights recorded daily until the sixtieth day when all the animals were sacrificed. Brain (cerebrum and cerebellum), pituitary, thyroid and gonads were weighed post mortem. Body weights decreased in all the Adx. animals, the decrease being statistically signi...

Background: Among the traditionally used sex enhancement natural remedies in south eastern Nigeria, L. dulcis root is very popular because of its quick onset of action. However, its use has not been scientifically validated. This study therefore investigated the effects of its ethanol extract and fractions on sexual behavior in male albino rats. Methods: Forty-five male albino rats were randoml...

Macroscopic and microscopic study of the testis after vasectomy and ligation of vasefferentia of testis in adult male albino rats. a b c d Original Article Vasectomy Fertility Adult male albino rats Sexual potency The present study is done to reassess the effects of ligation of excurrent duct system of testis at different levels in adult male albino rats and to study the long term effects of va...

background: given gender differences in the risk of coronary artery disease (cad), the present study sought to investigate these dissimilarities amongst patients who underwent angiography at a major, tertiary heart hospital in iran. methods: between 2005 and 2010, 44,820 patients who underwent coronary angiography were enrolled in a registry. pre-procedural data such as demographics, cad risk f...

To evaluate the effect of quassin on female reproductive functions, 42 albino rats (35 females and 7 males) were used. The female albino rats were divided into seven groups of five rats each. Group I served as the control group and received distilled water while Groups II, III and IV rats were treatedorally with 0.1mg/kg, 1.0 mg/kg and 2.0 mg/kg body weight of quassin for 60 days respectively. ...