Nymphaea lotus Linn. (Nymphaeaceae) Alleviates Sexual Disability in L-NAME Hypertensive Male Rats
Table 5
Effects of N. lotus on different parameters of sexual motivation of hypertensive male rats.
Copulatory parameters
Days of treatment
Parameters of sexual motivation
Control
LNAME
LNAME-LSRT
LNAME-NL75
LNAME-NL200
Mount latency (sec)
Day 1
26.60±2.09
25.60±2.01
23.80±1.16
25.20±1.62
25.60±0.87
Day 30
20.40±1.17
25.40±1.08
24.20±1.59
26.60±1.33 a
24.80±1.36
Day 60
13.80±0.84
17.55±1.96
14.08±1.48
9.09±1.07 b
8.60±1.05 b
Intromission latency (sec)
Day 1
30.60±1.60
63.80±2.44 a
64.80±1.46 a
62.80±4.69 a
60.00±2.41 a
Day 30
22.60±0.60
49.20±2.75 a
48.00±1.76 a
43.40±2.50 a
37.80±1.56 abc
Day 60
14.20±0.71
33.90±4.10 a
32.37±1.72 a
23.12±2.50 b
14.60±1.32 bc
Ejaculation latency (sec)
Day 1
520.22±21.82
636.14±25.82
656.31±48.61
634.43±65.27
631.74±38.43
Day 30
345.30±33.78
484.14±16.88 a
482.89±22.48 a
473.83±21.75 a
465.74±36.81 a
Day 60
295.99±17.95
664.04±22.65 a
Absent
277.59±13.35 b
269.26±19.06 b
Postejaculatory interval (sec)
Day 1
419.00±29.83
425.20±22.68
389.00±16.82
409.20±17.36
430.00±13.68
Day 30
294.68±15.16
641.84±15.12 a
649.00±8.53 a
641.20±13.79 a
645.44±16.72 a
Day 60
252.74±14.48
714.48±18.72 a
Absent
315.26±12.21 ab
285.61±14.44 b
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.
