Institute of the Chemistry
of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic
of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The effects of Ecdysterone and the
related drug Ecdysten on the sexual activity were
studied under experimental and clinical conditions.
A 10-day administration of Ecdysterone (5 and 10 mg/kg,
p.o.) improved behavioral characteristics of the sexual
function in rats, the effect being especially pronounced
during the fist days of experiment. The administration
of Ecdysten to men with the infertility diagnosis
(disturbed spermatogenesis as a complication of some
urologic diseases) increased the copulative function
and improved the sperm quality. The administration
of Ecdysten to patients in the stage of recovery upon
myocardial infarction also improved the sexual function.
