Eurycoma longifolia increases sexual motivation in sexually naive male rats

The aim of this study is to provide evidence on the aphrodisiac property of Eurycoma longifolia Jack. An electric grid was used as an obstruction in t he electrical copulation cage in order to determine how much an aversive st imulus the sexually naive male rat for both the treated with E, longifolia lack and control groups were willing to overcome to reach the estrous recep tive female in the goal cage. The intensity of the grid current was maintai ned at 0.12 mA and this was the intensity in which the male rats in the con trol group failed to crossover to reach the goal cage. Results showed that E. longifolia Jack continued to enhance and also maintain a high level of b oth the total number of successful crossovers, mountings, intromissions and ejaculations during the 9-12 th week observation period. In conclusion, th ese results further enhanced and strenghtened the aphrodisiac property of E . longifolia lack.