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Critical Reflection on Sexuality Research in Nigeria: Epistemology, Fieldwork and Researcher's Positionality

Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 2023
Within various African cultures, discussion of sexuality is typically secretive and reticent. Because of the multiple and sometimes contradictory narratives about sexuality, researching it in this context remains a very sensitive and knitted terrain ...
Oluwatobi Alabi
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Crocus sativus (saffron) in the treatment of female sexual dysfunction: a three-center, double-blind, randomized, and placebo-controlled clinical trial [PDF]

Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine, 2022
Objective: One of the traditional aphrodisiacs used in various cultures is Crocus sativus, commonly called saffron. Previous studies have pointed to the possible applicability of saffron for sexual dysfunction in both men and women.
Ladan Kashani, Sahar Aslzadeh, Kamyar Shokraee, Ahmad Shamabadi, Borna Tadayon Najafabadi, Morteza Jafarinia, Sophia Esalatmanesh, Shahin Akhondzadeh   +7 more
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Les plantes de l’amour à La Réunion

Études Créoles, 2017
On Reunion Island, phytotherapy is omnipresent and the plants found on the island are frequently associated with everyday use. More specifically, some plants are used for intimate reasons, which are split among masculine and feminine uses based on their ...
Laurence Pourchez
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Cockroach tergal glands producing female sex attractant pheromones and male aphrodisiacs in particular in the subfamily Blaberinae (Blattaria: Blaberidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2006
Two principal pheromones are essential in all cockroach sexual behavioral sequences: the volatile sex attractant pheromone released by one partner for long distance attraction and an aphrodisiac sex pheromone produced exclusively by male tergal glands ...
Leam SRENG
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Efficacy and safety of ashwagandha root extract on sexual health in healthy Men: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Frontiers in Reproductive Health
IntroductionAshwagandha (Withania somnifera) is widely recognized in Ayurvedic medicine as a potent Rasayana and aphrodisiac herb, with preclinical studies demonstrating androgen-modulating, anxiolytic, and antioxidant properties that may enhance male ...
Aman Khanna, Mallika Khanna, Parth Panchal   +2 more
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Identification by HPLC of Undeclared Active Ingredients in Aphrodisiac Teas and Coffees Sold in Kinshasa and Kisangani (DRC)

Orapuh Journal
Introduction This study aims to identify the presence of undeclared active ingredients in aphrodisiac products sold as teas and coffees in Kinshasa and Kisangani (DRC). Sexual dysfunction is widespread, and many individuals in the Democratic Republic
Tresor ADONIO, S. Kalonda, R. D. Marini, K. J.  Mbinze   +3 more
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‘Some Gave It to Cow, Others to Woman’ – Traditional Knowledge and Use of Tuberous Orchids in Hungarian Communities in the Eastern Carpathians (Romania)

Plants
The tubers of terrestrial orchids have been used for nutritional, medicinal, and aphrodisiac purposes across Europe and Western Asia for centuries. Historical sources from Hungary and Transylvania indicate that tuberous orchids, collectively known as ...
Attila Molnár V., Tünde Hunyadi, Jenő Nagy, Diána Gszellmann   +3 more
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Herbal aphrodisiacs with psychotropic effects: Evidence, mechanisms, and therapeutic potential [PDF]

Journal of Preventive and Complementary Medicine
Herbal aphrodisiacs have been used for centuries across diverse medical traditions to enhance sexual desire and vitality. Over the past two decades, accumulating scientific evidence has revealed that many of these botanicals also exert psychotropic ...
Theophilus Addison, Ernest Wemagah, Alberta Asante, Sandra Asiful, Moses Agbodzalu   +4 more
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Dietary inclusion of African bush mango (Irvingia gabonensis) seed improves sexual performance in sexually inexperienced rats

Academia Biology, 2023
Background: Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a sexual dysfunction characterized by the persistent inability to develop or maintain an erection of penis sufficient for satisfactory sexual relation.
Olasunkanmi Omojokun, Akindele Famurewa, Ganiyu Oboh, Jemima Enang, Stella Ijeh   +4 more
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Genomic Diversity and Clinical Variability in Pediatric Primary Cutaneous Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: A Case Series

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma (pcALCL) is a rare pediatric CD30‐positive T‐cell lymphoproliferative disorder with an excellent prognosis, but its genomic drivers are poorly defined. We report three children with skin‐limited disease demonstrating striking molecular heterogeneity, including NPM::ALK, NUP214::FRK, and a novel ...
Shoshana Greenberger, Efrat Bar‐Ilan, Victoria Marcu, Evgeny Grishin, Rinat Yacobi, Aviv Barzilai, Hana Golan, Assaf Arie Barg   +7 more
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