Nymphaea lotus Linn. (Nymphaeaceae) Alleviates Sexual Disability in L-NAME Hypertensive Male Rats
Table 4
Effect of N. lotus on consummatory patterns of hypertensive male rats.
Parameters
Days of treatment
Consummatory parameters
Control
LNAME
LNAME-LSRT
LNAME-NL75
LNAME-NL200
Mount frequency
Day 1
31.60±2.87
44.80±1.46 a
44.80±3.25 a
44.40±1.96 a
42.20±1.39 a
Day 30
46.20±3.40
63.60±2.04 a
66.40±2.11 a
65.60±1.29 a
64.20±2.06 a
Day 60
61.40±3.37
53.20±3.87
68.00±2.11
43.80±4.89 ac
47.40±3.56 c
Intromission frequency
Day 1
30.40±2.62
40.20±3.69
41.00±3.92
38.00±0.71
40.40±1.86
Day 30
44.60±3.53
60.40±1.21 a
62.80±1.46 a
62.00±1.73 a
60.40±2.25 a
Day 60
59.60±4.38
30.60±2.44 a
42.80±6.63
43.40±5.18
45.00±3.39
Ejaculation frequency
Day 1
2.60±0.24
1.20±0.58
1.20±0.37
1.20±0.37
1.00±0.45
Day 30
2.80±0.37
0.60±0.40 a
0.60±0.40 a
0.60±0.24 a
0.60±0.40 a
Day 60
3.20±0.20
0.20±0.20 a
0.00±0.00
1.60±0.51 ac
2.00±0.55 bc
Penile licking
Day 1
30.00±2.28
40.80±4.02
42.60±3.17
40.00±1.14
41.80±3.48
Day 30
36.00±4.48
42.40±4.50
46.40±6.44
42.80±7.22
51.80±6.46
Day 60
59.60±4.38
30.40±1.94 a
41.40±5.90
42.00±5.21
44.60±3.20
Mean copulatory interval (sec)
Day 1
1152.27±72.14
908.16±30.44a
893.56±51.68a
902.48±43.63a
914.23±42.80a
Day 30
1370.25±66.88
919.55±46.17 a
548.78±30.12 ab
565.51±39.71 ab
575.28±33.85 ab
Day 60
1347.91±37.90
582.19±55.25 a
Absent
1433.39±51.87 b
1467.93±30.83 b
Copulatory efficiency (%)
Day 1
96.58±2.62
89.24±5.91
91.99±8.20
86.31±4.29
95.65±2.32
Day 30
96.42±1.61
95.18±1.98
94.76±2.20
94.46±1.09
94.06±1.42
Day 60
96.61±2.23
58.59±5.87 a
61.88±7.11 a
98.67±1.33 bc
95.02±2.68 bc
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; and c = significantly different compared to LNAME-LSRT. The exact value of P is mentioned in the text.
