Research Article

Prosexual Effect of Chrysactinia mexicana A. Gray (Asteraceae), False Damiana, in a Model of Male Sexual Behavior

Table 2

Effect of the treatments on the number of mounts and intromission latency of sexually exhausted males rats that expressed sexual behavior.

TreatmentsNumber of mountsIntromission latency (sec)

Veh 9.33 ± 2.35 60.75 ± 12.17
Cm 80 mg/kg12.66 ± 6.06 91.33 ± 50.54
Cm 160 mg/kg10.00 ± 3.89 63.83 ± 23.03
Cm 320 mg/kg 8.76 ± 3.44 239.76 ± 131.50
Td 80 mg/kg16.10 ± 2.43 79.87 ± 17.48
Yoh 2 mg/kg 3.50 ± 0.60 45.70 ± 10.71

Data are expressed as mean ± S.E.M and the total number of subjects that were assigned to each group of treatment. An aqueous extract of C. mexicana (Cm); an aqueous extract of T. diffusa (Td) and yohimbine (Yoh).