Aphrodisiac Activity of the Aqueous Crude Extract of Purple Corn ( Zea mays) in Male Rats.

Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine Pub Date : 2017-10-01 Epub Date: 2017-05-16 DOI:10.1177/2156587217708521

Miguel Carro-Juárez, Magdalena G Rodríguez-Santiago, Miguel Angel Franco, María Eugenia Hueletl-Soto

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In the present study, the aphrodisiac properties of the purple corn ( Zea mays) in male rats were analyzed. The aqueous crude extract of purple corn (at 25, 50, and 75 mg/kg) was administered to ( a) copulating male rats and ( b) anesthetized and spinal cord transected male rats. Behavioral parameters of copulatory behavior and parameters of the genital motor pattern of ejaculation previous to its inhibition, under the influence of the purple corn extract, are described. Administration of the aqueous crude extract of purple corn significantly facilitates the arousal and execution of male rat sexual behavior without significant influences on the ambulatory behavior. In addition, purple corn extract elicit a significant increase in the number of discharges of the ejaculatory motor patterns and in the total number of genital motor patterns evoked in spinal rats. The present findings show that the aqueous crude extract of purple corn possesses aphrodisiac activity.

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紫玉米水提物对雄性大鼠的壮阳作用。

本研究分析了紫玉米(Zea mays)对雄性大鼠的壮阳作用。紫玉米水浸粗提物(25、50和75 mg/kg)分别给予(a)交配的雄性大鼠和(b)麻醉和脊髓横断的雄性大鼠。在紫玉米提取物的影响下，描述了交配行为的行为参数和射精前生殖器运动模式的参数。紫玉米粗提物可显著促进雄性大鼠性行为的唤醒和执行，但对其行走行为无显著影响。此外，紫玉米提取物可显著增加脊髓大鼠射精运动模式的放电次数和生殖器运动模式的总次数。研究结果表明，紫玉米水提物具有壮阳作用。

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