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

Table 3

Effect of the treatments in male rats evaluated in the OFT.

Treatment	Number of counts/5 min
Vehicle	41.83 ± 3.05
Cm 80 mg/kg	60.50 ± 3.47
Cm 160 mg/kg	31.16 ± 5.35
Cm 320 mg/kg	44.00 ± 7.32
Td 80 mg/kg	34.16 ± 4.81
Yoh 2 mg/kg	45.16 ± 3.57

Rats were treated with aqueous extracts of C. mexicana (Cm), T. diffusa (Td), or yohimbine (Yoh). Data are expressed as mean ± S.E.M. Paired comparisons in groups treated with Cm were done with the correction of Bonferroni. Other comparisons were done with the Mann Whitney test. versus Cm at 80 mg/kg.