Current status of Indian medicinal plants with aphrodisiac potential

Current status of Indian medicinal plants with aphrodisiac potential

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In India, indigenous remedies have been used in treatment of sexual dysfunction since the time of Charaka and Sushruta.Plants have been always an exemplary source of drugs and many of the currently available drugs have been derived directly or indirectly from them.An aphrodisiac is defined as an agent that arouses sexual desire.Erectile dysfunction or sexual dysfunction (ED or SD) or male impotence is defined as the Socks inability of a man to achieve and maintain an erection sufficient for mutually satisfactory intercourse with his partner.

Sexual health and function are important determinants of quality of life.To overcome the problem of male sexual (or) erectile dysfunction, various Indian natural aphrodisiac plants Fan Bracket potentials were preferred.The ethnobotanical information reports that about 200 plants possess aphrodisiac potential.Out of several Indian medicinal plants, 33 plants were reviewed.

In this review, studies on Indian medicinal plants were reviewed and their possible therapeutic applications were discussed.This review discusses about aphrodisiac potential of Indian medicinal plants, its botanical name, common name, family, extract, models used, part used and references, which are helpful for researchers to develop new herbal aphrodisiac formulations.In the recent years, interest in drugs of plant origin has been progressively increased.