Eurycoma Longifolia

Research on Aphrodisiac Properties

Ang HH, Cheang HS.Effects of Eurycoma longifolia jack on laevator ani muscle in both uncastrated and testosterone-stimulated castrated intact male rats. Arch Pharm Res. 2001 Oct;24(5):437-40.

Ang HH, Ngai TH.Aphrodisiac evaluation in non-copulator male rats after chronic administration of Eurycoma longifolia Jack. Fundam Clin Pharmacol. 2001 Aug;15(4):265-8.

Ang HH, Ikeda S, Gan EK.Evaluation of the potency activity of aphrodisiac in Eurycoma longifolia Jack. Phytother Res. 2001 Aug;15(5):435-6.

Ang HH, Cheang HS, Yusof AP.Effects of Eurycoma longifolia Jack (Tongkat Ali) on the initiation of sexual performance of inexperienced castrated male rats. Exp Anim. 2000 Jan;49(1):35-8.

Research on Anti-Cancer Properties

Jiwajinda S, Santisopasri V, Murakami A, Kawanaka M, Kawanaka H, Gasquet M, Eilas R, Balansard G, Ohigashi H. In vitro anti-tumor promoting and anti-parasitic activities of the quassinoids from Eurycoma longifolia, a medicinal plant in Southeast Asia. J Ethnopharmacol 2002 Sep 1;82(1):55

Tripetch Kanchanapoom, Phannipha Chumsri, Somsak Ruchirawat INVESTIGATION AND STRUCTURE ELUCIDATION OF ACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM EURYCOMA LONGIFOLIA JACK ROOT. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, KhonKaen University, Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University

Kardono LB, Angerhofer CK, Tsauri S, Padmawinata K, Pezzuto JM, Kinghorn AD.Cytotoxic and antimalarial constituents of the roots of Eurycoma longifolia. J Nat Prod. 1991 Sep-Oct;54(5):1360-7.

Research on Anti-Malarial Propereties

Ang HH, Chan KL, Mak JW.In vitro antimalarial activity of quassinoids from Eurycoma longifolia against Malaysian chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum isolates. Planta Med. 1995 Apr;61(2):177-8.

Ang HH, Cheang HS.Studies on the anxiolytic activity of Eurycoma longifolia Jack roots in mice. Jpn J Pharmacol. 1999 Apr;79(4):497-500.

Ang HH, Chan KL, Mak JW.Effect of 7-day daily replacement of culture medium containing Eurycoma longifolia Jack constituents on the Malaysian Plasmodium falciparum isolates. J Ethnopharmacol. 1995 Dec 15;49(3):171-5.

Jiwajinda S, Santisopasri V, Murakami A, Kawanaka M, Kawanaka H, Gasquet M, Eilas R, Balansard G, Ohigashi H. In vitro anti-tumor promoting and anti-parasitic activities of the quassinoids from Eurycoma longifolia, a medicinal plant in Southeast Asia. J Ethnopharmacol 2002 Sep 1;82(1):55

Tribulus Terrestris

References

J Altern Complement Med. 2003 Apr;9(2):257-65. Sexual effects of puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris) extract (protodioscin): an evaluation using a rat model. Gauthaman K, Ganesan AP, Prasad RN. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12804079

Aphrodisiac properties of Tribulus Terrestris extract (Protodioscin) in normal and castrated rats. Life Sci. 2002 Aug 9;71(12):1385-96 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12127159

Effects of androstenedione-herbal supplementation on serum sex hormone concentrations in 30- to 59-year-old men. Brown GA, Vukovich MD, Martini ER, Kohut ML, Franke WD, Jackson DA, King DS. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2001 Sep;71(5):293-301. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11725694

Proerectile pharmacological effects of Tribulus terrestris extract on the rabbit corpus cavernosum.

Adaikan PG, Gauthaman K, Prasad RN, Ng SC. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2000 Jan;29(1):22-6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=10748960 J Ethnopharmacol. 2005 Jan 4;96(1-2):127-32.

Effect of Tribulus terrestris on nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase activity and androgen receptors in rat brain. Gauthaman K, Adaikan PG. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15588660

Epimedium Sagittum

References

Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2004 Jun 2;84(11):954-7. Effects of icariin on the erectile function and expression of nitrogen oxide synthase isoforms in corpus cavernosum of arterigenic erectile dysfunction rat model Tian L, Xin ZC, Liu WJ, Yang YM, Liu G, Chen L, Fu J, Wang LL.Department of Urology, Renmin Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430062, China. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15329286

Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2004 Jan 17;84(2):142-5. [Effects of icariin on intracavernosal pressure and systematic arterial blood pressure of rat] [Article in Chinese] Tian L, Xin ZC, Yuan YM, Fu J, Liu WJ, Wang LL.

Department of Urology, People's Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14990132

Muira Pauma

References:

Phytother Res. 2001 Aug;15(5):416-21 The relaxation of isolated rabbit corpus cavernosum by the herbal medicine Catuama and its constituents.

Antunes E, Gordo WM, de Oliveira JF, Teixeira CE, Hyslop S, De Nucci G.

Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6111, 13081-970, Campinas (SP), Brazil. eantunes@bestway.com.br http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11507734

Anselmino, Elisabeth. "Ancestral sources of Muira-puama." Ach. Pharm. 1933; 271: 296-314. Brazilian Pharmacopeia. "Muira puama. Ptychopetalum olacoides." Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1956.

British Herbal Pharmacopoeia. "Muira puama." West York, England: British Herbal Medicine Association, 1983; 132-33. Youngken, H. W. "Observations on Muira puama." J. Am. Pharm. Assoc. 1921; 10: 690-92.

Olofsson, Eric. "Action of extract of Liriosma ovata on the blood pressure, vessels and respiration of the rabbit." Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. 1927; 97: 1639-40. Gaebler, H. "Revival of the drug Muira puama." Deut. Apoth. 1979; 22(3): 94-6.

Dias Da Silva, Rodolpho. "Medicinal plants of Brazil. Botanical and pharmacognostic studies. Muira puama." Rev. Bras. Med. Pharm. 1925; 1(1): 37-41.

Iwasa, J., et al. "Constituents of Muira puama." Yakungaka Zasshi (Japan) 1969; 89(8): 1172-74.

Auterhoff, H., et al. "Components of Muira puama." Arch. Pharm. Ber. Dtsch. Pharm. Ges. 1968; 301(7): 481-89.

Auterhoff, H., et al. "Components of Muira puama II." Arch. Pharm. Ber. Dtsch. Pharm. Ges. 1969; 302(3): 209-12.

Auterhoff, H., et al. "Lipophilic constituents of Muira puama." Arch. Pharm. Ber. Dtsch. Pharm. Ges. 1971; 304(3): 223-28.

Steinmetz, E. "Muira puama." Quart. J. Crude Drug Res. 1971; 11(3): 1787-89.

Ninomiya, Ruriko, et al. "Studies of Brazilian crude drugs." Shoyakugaku Zasshi (Japan) 1979; 33(2): 57-64.

Bucek, E., et al. "Volatile constituents of Ptychopetalum olacoides root oil." Planta Med. 1989; 53(2): 231.

Penna, M. Notas Sobre Plantas Brasileriras. Rio de Janeiro: Araujo Penn & Cia., 1930, 258.

Waynberg, J. "Contributions to the clinical validation of the traditional use of Ptychopetalum guyanna." Presented at the First International Congress on Ethnopharmacology, Strasbourg, France, June 5-9, 1990.

Waynberg, J. "Male sexual asthenia-interest in a traditional plant-derived medication." Ethnopharmacology; 1995.

Hanawa., et al. "Composition containing an extract from Muira puama root and plant worm extract." Taisho Pharmacuetical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, United States Patent No. 6024984, 2000.

Paiva, Laf, et al. "Effects of Ptychocepalum olacoides extract on mouse behaviour in forced swimming and open field tests." Phytother. Res. 1998; 12(4): 294-96.

Siqueira, I. R., et al. "Psychopharamcological properties of Ptychopetalum olachoides Bentham (Olacaceae)." Pharmaceutical Biol. 1998; 36(5): 327-34.

Elisabetsky, E., et al. Propriedades Psicofarmacologicas de Oleaceas, IX Simposio de Plantas Medicinais do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 1-3 September 1986, 32.

Asano, T., et al. "Oral compositions containing Muira purama for gastric mucosal lesions." Japan Kokai Tokyo Hoho, Patent No. 11343244, 1999.

Vaz, Z. R., et al. "Analgesic effect of the herbal medicine Catuama in thermal and chemical models of nociception in mice." Phytother. Res. 1997; 11(2): 101-6.

Cherksey, B. D. "Method of preparing Muira puama extract and its use for decreasing body fat percentage and increasing lean muscle mass." United States Patent No. 5516516, 1996.

Forgacs, P., et al. "Phytochemical and biological activity studies on 18 plants from French Guyana." Plant Med. Phytother. 1983; 17(1): 22-32.

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