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Puncture Vine (Tribulus Terrestris)

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• testosterone replacement / impotence / female sexuality

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News & Research:

• Priapism Caused by 'Tribulus Terrestris' - Medscape, 3/3/16 - "Jungmo et al.[3] demonstrated that TT extract may improve erectile function through a double mechanism: it involves NO/NOS signaling in the CC endothelium and causes direct relaxation effect of the cavernous smooth muscle in a concentration-dependent manner ... All patients consuming TT should be warned about the possible serious side effects"
• Sex . . . Power . . . and Health - Life Enhancement Magazine, 9/00 - "Traditionally, a tonic is something that produces physical, mental, or emotional vigor. Tribulus has a tonic reputation that has been verified in the lab by increased endurance in rats. In humans, Tribulus has been shown to be a general stimulator, enhancing activity across a wide spectrum. In addition to improving motor activity and muscle tone, it helps restore vigor, vitality, and stamina. It has also been shown to intensify protein synthesis, particularly in the liver, kidney, and heart tissue of animals, while it enhances energy metabolism ... When 750 mg per day of Tribulus extract was given to a total of 212 men in open clinical trials, 85% had increased libido after 30 days, and 94% after 60 days. Thus, Tribulus unquestionably stimulated sexual desire ... of 14 patients with reduced libido, 12 showed considerable improvement after 30 days (1500 mg/day), and one was slightly improved after 60 days' treatment. Libido was improved in 27 of 36 patients with chronic prostatitis"
• Fad or Fact? A Look at Tribulus terrestris? - Nutrition Science News, 3/99

Abstracts:

• Use of Tribulus terrestris and Lepidium meyenii extract in rats: reproductive, biochemical and body parameters - Andrologia 2021 Dec 28 - "It is concluded that the association of T. terrestris and L. meyenii has positive effects on serum testosterone, sperm concentration and epididymal morphology, with no evidence of effects in the testis, liver, spleen and kidneys" - See Tribulus terrestris at Amazon.com and Maca extract at Amazon.com.
• Efficacy of Tribulus terrestris for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in postmenopausal women: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial - Menopause. 2016 Oct 10 - "assigned to receive 750 mg/d of T terrestris or placebo for 120 days ... All participants answered the Female Sexual Function Index and the Sexual Quotient-female version questionnaires ... FSFI questionnaire results demonstrated an improvement in all domains in both groups (P < 0.05) except for lubrication which was improved only in the study group. QS-F results showed a significant improvement in the domains of desire (P < 0.01), arousal/lubrication (P = 0.02), pain (P = 0.02), and anorgasmia (P < 0.01) in women who used T terrestris, whereas no improvement was observed in the placebo group (P > 0.05). Moreover, free and bioavailable testosterone levels showed a significant increase in the T terrestris group"
• Tribulus terrestris (Linn.) Attenuates Cellular Alterations Induced by Ischemia in H9c2 Cells Via Antioxidant Potential - Phytother Res. 2015 Apr 8 - "The overall results of this study partially reveal the scientific basis of the use of T. terrestris L. in the traditional system of medicine for heart diseases"