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

Table 5

Effects of the methanolic extract (ME1 and ME2) of P. arboreus on the relative weight of sex and accessory organs of amitriptyline-induced sexually impaired male rats.

Treatment	Testes	Epididymis	Vas deferens	Prostate	Seminal vesicle	Penis
D.W. (10 ml/kg)	1.66 ± 0.12^a	0.55 ± 0.04^a	0.12 ± 0.01^a	0.14 ± 0.05^a	0.33 ± 0.05^a	0.16 ± 0.02^a
Viagra	1.58 ± 0.14^a	0.55 ± 0.06^a	0.11 ± 0.04^a	0.27 ± 0.05^a	0.49 ± 0.1^a	0.23 ± 0.04^a
ME1	1.84 ± 0.22^b	0.58 ± 0.05^a	0.15 ± 0.03^a	0.15 ± 0.03^a	0.40 ± 0.1^a	0.20 ± 0.02^a
ME2	1.92 ± 0.20^b	0.60 ± 0.04^a	0.12 ± 0.01^a	0.35 ± 0.06^b	0.28 ± 0.05^a	0.17 ± 0.01^a

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-b) are not significantly different; on the same row, values with different letters are significantly different.