Leaf-Methanolic Extract of Pseudopanax arboreus (Araliaceae) (L. F. Phillipson) Reverses Amitriptyline-Induced Sexual Dysfunction in Male Rats

Table 1

Effects of the leaf-methanolic extract of P. arboreus (ME1 and ME2) on mount latency (ML) (s) and intromission latency (IL) (s) of amitriptyline-induced sexually impaired male rats.

		Treatment
Parameter	Day	DW	Viagra	ME1	ME2
ML (s)	1	174.60 ± 40.15^ae	116.60 ± 25.73^be	149.20 ± 30.88^ce	125.40 ± 25.18^de
	7	158.60 ± 40.80^af	83.71 ± 20.22^bf	93.40 ± 30.53^cf	90.00 ± 20.43^cf
	14	103.80 ± 50.52^ag	71.00 ± 20.66^bg	82.55 ± 35.03^bg	78.23 ± 25.98^bg
	21	87.40 ± 43.62^ah	69.60 ± 22.38^bg	77.40 ± 35.30^bg	75.18 ± 27.86^bg
IL (s)	1	192.66 ± 45.83^ae	128.40 ± 22.68^be	163.80 ± 40.20^ce	134.17 ± 27.56^de
	7	177.34 ± 45.50^ae	92.00 ± 20.47^bf	89.40 ± 37.11^bf	85.22 ± 23.69^bf
	14	113.67 ± 50.38^af	85.60 ± 23.93^bf	94.51 ± 39.23^cf	88.20 ± 24.42^bf
	21	102.11 ± 52.11^af	77.20 ± 25.88^bf	87.63 ± 35.76^bf	85.60 ± 23.93^bf

Values presented as mean ± SEM; DW: distilled water; ME1: methanolic extract dose 1 (46.5 mg/kg); ME2: methanolic extract dose 2 (93 mg/kg); s: seconds; on the same row, values with same letters (a–d) are not significantly different; on the same row, values with different letters are significantly different; on the same column, values with the same letters (e–h) are not significantly different; on the same column, values with different letters are significantly different; ML: mount latency (ML); IL: intromission latency.