Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Nymphaea lotus Linn. (Nymphaeaceae) Alleviates Sexual Disability in L-NAME Hypertensive Male Rats

Table 2

Effect of Nymphaea lotus on general features of the experimental animal groups after 60 days of treatment.


Groups	Body Weight (g)	Penile Weight (g)	PBR (×10⁻²)	Heart rate (bpm)	Blood pressure (mmHg)
Groups	Body Weight (g)	Penile Weight (g)	PBR (×10⁻²)	Heart rate (bpm)	Systolic	Mean	Diastolic

Control	195.20±12.65	0.29±0.02	15.05±0.67	337.82±4.67	97.87±2.69	88.52±1.96	83.85±3.15

L-NAME	212.80±7.47	0.28±0.01	13.28±0.38	371.40±3.38	154.39±6.29 a	147.73±4.09 a	144.40±3.17 a

LNAME-LSRT	200.80±11.93	0.29±0.01	14.66±1.06	354.38±13.73	103.95±4.77 b	101.40±4.00 b	100.13±5.00 b

LNAME-NL75	217.00±7.64	0.32±0.02	14.61±1.13	360.13±3.42	134.27±11.08 ac	131.53±1.54 abc	130.16±4.94 ac

LNAME-NL200	212.00±8.67	0.29±0.01	13.47±0.18	380.55±11.34 a	157.70±3.79 ac	151.14±4.44 ac	149.37±4.80 ac

Each value represents the mean ± SEM of group. For comparisons among control and experimental groups, a = significantly different compared to Control; b = significantly different compared to L-NAME group; c = significantly different compared to LNAME-LSRT; dose-dependence between two extract doses. The exact value of P is mentioned in the text. PBR: penile weight/body weight. SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, MBP: mean blood pressure, HR: heart rate.