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

Table 2

Effects of the leaf-methanolic extract of P. arboreus (ME1 and ME2) on mount frequency (MF) and intromission frequency (IF) of amitriptyline-induced sexually impaired male rats.

	Treatment
Parameter	Day	DW	Viagra	ME1	ME2
MF	1	14.60 ± 1.20^ae	18.29 ± 2.50^ae	16.07 ± 1.96^ae	16.33 ± 2.36^ae
	7	17.00 ± 1.00^ae	20.00 ± 2.30^ae	17.80 ± 1.80^ae	17.31 ± 2.50^ae
	14	17.80 ± 1.70^ae	22.20 ± 2.50^ae	20.00 ± 2.00^ae	21.00 ± 2.30^ae
	21	18.00 ± 1.80^ae	23.60 ± 1.90^ae	18.51 ± 1.50^ae	16.60 ± 1.00^ae
IF	1	11.40 ± 1.60^ae	17.60 ± 1.00^be	15.00 ± 1.00^ae	13.80 ± 4.00^ae
	7	13.40 ± 1.00^ae	19.21 ± 1.00^abe	14.20 ± 1.20^ae	24.20 ± 4.00^bf
	14	14.20 ± 1.20^ae	18.20 ± 1.00^ae	17.40 ± 1.20^ae	18.00 ± 4.00^ae
	21	15.36 ± 0.70^ae	20.60 ± 1.00^ae	15.80 ± 1.60^ae	18.20 ± 4.40^ae

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); on the same row, values with same letters (a-b) 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-f) are not significantly different; on the same column, values with different letters are significantly different; MF: mount frequency; IF: intromission frequency.