Reproduction And Fetal Programming
Assistant Lecturer
Physiology
At the Physiology department office
Appointment on Visitation important
# | Certificate | School | Year |
---|---|---|---|
1. | M. Phil. (Physiology) | University of Ibadan | 2018 |
Effects of Carpolobia lutea root extract on male reproductive functions in paroxetine-induced erectile dysfunctional male rabbits.
Erectile dysfunction is one of the most common disorders in males Kaya et al., 2017 and it is characterized by an inability to achieve or maintain a penile erection form enough to fulfill satisfactory sexual intercourse.Carpolobia lutea is an important local plant widely used in western and southern Nigeria as a bedtime chewing sticks. In 2014, Yakubu and Jimoh reported that the aqueous extract of Carpolobia lutea root restored sexual function in the case of paroxetine-induced erectile dysfunction in sexually active male rats.AIM: To determine the vasorelaxant effects of carpolobia lutea root extract on smooth muscle in paroxetine-induced erectile dysfunction rabbits.OBJECTIVES: To determine the ameliorative effects of carpolobia lutea on smooth muscle pre contracted with either Phenylephrine or Potassium chloride in paroxetine-induced erectile dysfunction rabbits.To elucidate the role of calcium and potassium channels in the relaxant effects of carpolobia lutea root extract on rabbits corpus cavernosum strips that have been induced with paroxetine.MATERIALS: Roots of Carpolobia lutea, Chemicals like L-NAME, Tetraethylammonium TEA, Glibenclamide, Odasentrum, Sodium nitroprusside, glucose etc.
ODUYEMI OLUWATOSIN is a Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Physiology
ODUYEMI has a M. Phil. in Physiology from University of Ibadan