Table 1. Effect of Cuscuta chinensis on cyclic nucleotides in penile corpus cavernosum.
Cuscuta chinensis | Cyclic nucleotides | |
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cGMP (fmol mg−1) | cAMP (fmol mg−1) | |
Control | 254.1±16.9 | 6772.1±501.3 |
1 mg ml −1 | 301.2±18.3* | 7412.8±563.5* |
2 mg ml −1 | 354.9±22.9* | 8122.6±617.1* |
3 mg ml −1 | 401.3±28.8* | 9223.9±601.5* |
4 mg ml −1 | 467.1±37.5* | 9926.1±667.7* |
Abbreviations: cAMP, cyclic adenosine monophosphate; cGMP, cyclic guanosine monophosphate.
*P<0.01 vs. control.