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Health Risk Assessment of Metals in African Aphrodisiacs: A Case Study of Aqueous Concoctions From Johannesburg and Durban Herbal Markets, South Africa

Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2023
Consumption of aphrodisiacs is a common practice in South Africa. Hence, determining the levels of trace metals as potential pollutants is necessary to protect consumers’ health.
Lawrence Mzukisi Madikizela, Somandla Ncube, Vusumzi E Pakade   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Microfabricated multiplexed sensor for the determination of undisclosed aphrodisiac medications in herbal products [PDF]

RSC Advances
The prevalence of herbal aphrodisiacs adulterated with undeclared pharmaceuticals poses significant health risks, necessitating rapid, on-site detection methods. This work presents a novel, multiplexed potentiometric sensor for the simultaneous detection
Salma A. Mokbel, Haidy Asaad, Ali M. Yehia   +2 more
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Pharmacology of Herbal Sexual Enhancers: A Review of Psychiatric and Neurological Adverse Effects [PDF]

Pharmaceuticals, 2020
Sexual enhancers increase sexual potency, sexual pleasure, or libido. Substances increasing libido alter the concentrations of specific neurotransmitters or sex hormones in the central nervous system.
Pietro Brunetti, Alfredo Fabrizio Lo Faro, Anastasio Tini, Francesco Paolo Busardò, Jeremy Carlier   +4 more
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Herbal Aphrodisiac Use Among Male Adolescents and Teenagers in a Rural Area of Blantyre District, Malawi [PDF]

International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2015
Background: This study was carried out to investigate traditional herbal aphrodisiacs use among teenagers and adolescents in Blantyre rural, Malawi. Methods: The study was carried out in villages under Traditional Authority Kuntaja in Blantyre rural, Malawi. A total of 212 teenagers and adolescents participated in this study.
Fanuel Lampiao
exaly   +3 more sources

Exploring scientifically proven herbal aphrodisiacs. [PDF]

Pharmacogn Rev, 2013
Procreation was an important moral and religious issue and aphrodisiacs were sought to ensure both male and female potency. Sexual dysfunction is an inability to achieve a normal sexual intercourse, including premature ejaculation, retrograded, retarded or inhibited ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, arousal difficulties (reduced libido), compulsive ...
Kotta S, Ansari SH, Ali J.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Silence, stigma, and sexual health: experiences of sexual dysfunction among men living with diabetes in Ghana [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Background Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a common but under-discussed complication among men living with diabetes (MLWD), particularly in African contexts where sexual health is culturally sensitive. Despite major psychosocial and relational consequences,
Mercy Adjei Adumatta, Mawuli Kushitor, Wisdom Majida Zinnya Mahama, Sophia Ayabalie Adala, David Binpi Nayiden, Linda Quainoo, Sukpen Reuben Uwumbor-Apak, Naab Joseph Kologbire, Helen K. Arkorful   +8 more
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Ethnopharmacology of Love [PDF]

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018
Background: Elixirs conferring eternal youth or inducing amatory and erotic attraction have been searched for without success. Lovesickness is a widespread affliction resulting from unrequited love and/or the impossibility for physical and emotional ...
Marco Leonti, Laura Casu
doaj   +2 more sources

Adulteration of Synthetic PDE-5 Inhibitors Viz., Sildenafil and Tadalafil in Marketed Herbal Aphrodisiacs

Current Medicine Research and Practice, 2016
Abstract Background Herbal aphrodisiacs has a long traditional history in all systems of medicine such as Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani. However, their effectiveness has been questioned time to time. It is believed that action of these herbal and Unani medicines are milder and a prolonged treatment with these therapies is required to cure the problem ...
S.S. Agrawal, Garima Mishra
exaly   +2 more sources

Class Balancing and Parameter Tuning of Machine Learning Models for Enhancing Aphrodisiac Herbal Plant Classification

Journal of Informatics, Information System, Software Engineering and Applications
Herbal plants with aphrodisiac claims are an important part of traditional medicine that continues to evolve within the modern scientific context. However, the classification process for these plant claims is often done manually and subjectively, necessitating a more objective, data-driven approach.
Puguh Jayadi
exaly   +2 more sources

Quality Assessment and Evaluation of the Aphrodisiac Property and Toxicity Profile of a Ghanaian Herbal Male Vitality Booster

Phytomedicine Plus
Background: Mist Campa-T (MCT) is a mono-herbal formulation has gained popularity in Ghana for its acclaimed effectiveness in improving sexual function in men. Its main active ingredient is Thoningia sanguinea, a plant known for its aphrodisiac property in folk medicine.
Evelyn Asante-Kwatia, Isaac Kingsley Amponsah, Bernard K Turkson   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources