The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the aphrodisiac potential of the hydroalcoholic extract of whole plant of Argemone mexicana Linn. (HEAM) in rats. Male wistar albino rats were divided into three groups. Rats were orally treated with 1) Control group: distilled water; 2) HEAM 200 mg/kg/day and 3) HEAM 400 mg/kg/day; for 21 days and on 11th and 21st day, 01 hour after the respective treatments, each male rat was tested for their sexual behavior for the period of 30 minutes wherein 10 sexually experienced adult ovariectomised female rats (brought into estrous phase) were used as copulatory partners. During 30 minutes test period, various parameters of male rats sexual behavior like mount latency (ML), intromission latency (IL), ejaculation latency (EL), post ejaculatory interval (PEI), mount frequency (MF), intromission frequency (IF) and ejaculation frequency (EF) were recorded. HEAM enhanced sexual arousal, libido (sexual desire) and sexual vigor or sexual performance reflecting the aphrodisiac potential of HEAM. The results suggested the possible use of hydroalcoholic extract of whole plant of Argemone mexicana Linn. in boosting the sexual activity and libido in males.
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