Influence of Cyperus esculentus tubers (Tiger Nut) on male rat copulatory behavior

Table 1 Effects of 30 days of treatment with C. esculentus tubers (tiger nut) on copulatory behavior parameters of highly active male rats

Treatment	ML (s)	MF	IL (s)	IF	EL (s)	PEI (s)	IR	III (s)
C	74.36 ± 11.25	4.36 ± 0.54	124.55 ± 14.14	11.00 ± 1.50	545.20 ± 97.41	395.70 ± 20.75	0.71 ± 0.02	42.38 ± 4.94
T1	40.75 ± 3.32^**	4.00 ± 0.47	90.22 ± 16.10^*	10.67 ± 0.85	374.00 ± 89.79	365.56 ± 41.79	0.73 ± 0.01	34.32 ± 6.42
T2	35.57 ± 2.97^**	3.40 ± 0.43	54.00 ± 6.58^**	11.60 ± 1.51	307.40 ± 23.15	330.90 ± 12.76	0.76 ± 0.02	29.71 ± 3.70

Values are means ± SEM obtained for 10 rats per group
ML Mount latency, MF Mount frequency, IL Intromission latency, IF Intromission frequency, EL Ejaculation latency, PEI Post-ejaculatory interval, IR Intromission ratio, III Inter-intromission interval, C Control rats treated with distilled water, T1 Rats treated with 1 g/kg of tiger nut/d, T2 Rats treated with 2 g/kg of tiger nut/d
^* P <0.05 from the control
^**P <0.01 from control (ANOVA)

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