Huperzia saururus FACILITATES EJACULATION IN SPINAL CORD TRANSECTED MALE RATS

BIRRI, M.A.; FRANCO, M.; VALLEJO, M.G.; CARRO JUÁREZ, M.; AGNESE, A.M.

JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY

ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2014 vol. 157 p. 38 - 38

0378-8741

thnopharmacological relevance:Huperziasaururus (Lam.) Trevis.hasanextensiveethnopharmacological use, mainlybecauseofitsaphrodisiacproperties.Thespeciesisconsumedasdecoctionsorinfusionsintraditional medicine.Thepurposeofthepresentresearchwastodetermineif Huperzia saururus is abletoincrease sexualpotencybyevaluatingtheejaculatoryresponse,inthepresenceofadecoctioninspinalcord transectedmalerats.Materials andmethods: The fictiveejaculationmodeltorecordtherhythmiccontractionsofthebulbospongiosus musclesthataccompanyejaculationasanindicatorofejaculationoccurrencewasused. SexuallyexperiencedmaleWistarratswereused.Theactivationofthe fictiveejaculationbythei.v.administration ofadecoctionwastested,aswellastheeffectsoftheoxytocinergic,cholinergic,adrenergic andnitrergicantagonismuponthepro-ejaculatoryactivityof Huperzia saururus.Results: Decoction (3 mg/animal) wasabletoactivatethe fictiveejaculationinspinalmalerats,producinga statistic