Montanoa tomentosa herb as s sex herb
Montanoa tomentosa is a natural aphrodisiac. This herb has a number of substances including sesquiterpene lactones.
As of November 2009, we have not seen human studies with Montanoa tomentosa herb.
Montanoa tomentosa herb sexual benefits
Pro-ejaculatory effect of the aqueous crude extract of
cihuapatli (Montanoa tomentosa) in spinal male rats.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2006 June. Carro-Juárez M, Lobatón I, Benítez O, Espíritu
A. Laboratorio de Comportamiento Reproductivo, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria y
Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, CP 90000, AP 484, Col. Centro,
Tlaxcala, Mexico.
In the present study, the pro-sexual effect of the cihuapatli (Montanoa
tomentosa) and its possible pro-ejaculatory properties in spinal male rats were
examined. Systemic administration of the aqueous crude extracts of Montanoa
tomentosa exerted a pro-ejaculatory effect and produced an increase in the
number of discharges in the ejaculatory motor patterns in the spinal rats. The
Montanoa tomentosa induced ejaculatory responses included the expression of
penile erections and penile movements and the potent expulsion of urethral
contents and in some cases the expulsion of seminal plugs. The Montanoa
tomentosa induced ejaculatory motor patterns were similar to that obtained after
systemic oxytocin. Montanoa tomentosa and oxytocin-induced ejaculatory motor
responses and the penile erections and movements were abolished by the
pre-treatment with hexamethonium, a selective oxytocin antagonist. Present data
show that the Montanoa tomentosa extract acts directly at the spinal system in
charge of the expression of the ejaculatory motor patterns and suggest that the
aqueous crude extract exerts its aphrodisiacs properties by increasing sexual
potency acting as an oxytocic agent.
Aphrodisiac properties of Montanoa tomentosa aqueous
crude extract in male rats.
Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2004 May;78(1):129-34.
Cihuapatli, the Mexican zoapatle (Montanoa tomentosa) has an extensive
ethnomedical history of use as a traditional remedy as an aphrodisiac and
for reproductive impairments. During the study of the ejaculatory function in
rats and by testing a set of Mexican plants with medicinal properties, we
observed that crude extracts of Montanoa tomentosa facilitated ejaculation.
Thus, we decided to analyze the possibility that this plant possessed
sexual stimulant properties. Results: Altogether, these data reveal a
facilitatory action of this extract on sexual activity and particularly on
sexual arousal. Present findings provide experimental evidence that the
crude extract preparation of M. tomentosa, used as a traditional remedy,
possesses aphrodisiac properties.
Biosynthesis of uterotonic diterpenes from Montanoa
tomentosa (zoapatle).
J Plant Physiol. 2009 Dec 15; Villa-Ruano N, Betancourt-Jiménez MG,
Lozoya-Gloria E. Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, Centro de
Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad Irapuato, Km 9.6
Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León, P.O. Box 629, C.P. 36821
Irapuato, Guanajuato, México.
Montanoa tomentosa (zoapatle) is a Central American plant used in
Mexico in traditional herbal medicine to ease childbirth labor and to
cure certain female disorders. Recently, crude extracts of M. tomentosa
have been reported to have an aphrodisiacal effect on male rats. The
bioactive molecules are the uterotonic diterpenes kaurenoic acid (KA),
grandiflorenic acid (GF), and monoginoic acid (MO). Roots of M.
tomentosa contain all three diterpenes, whereas in leaves only kaurenoic
and GF are present. However, despite the pharmacological importance of
these compounds, specific information about their biosynthesis and
localization in the plant is not available. In this investigation, we
followed the metabolic transformation of a tritium-labeled diterpene-precursor
via geranylgeranyl diphosphate into each of the three diterpenes.
Inhibitors of gibberellin biosynthesis were used to elucidate the
sequence of conversion of the intermediates. Our results suggest the
biosynthetic conversion of KA into GF by a putative cytochrome P450-like
desaturase. Partial characterization of the enzyme revealed that it
requires NADPH and O2 but is inhibited by 50 microM paclobutrazol,
suggesting a cytochrome P450 desaturase like enzyme (EC 1.14.14.-).
Based on the data presented, a putative biosynthetic pathway is proposed
for the uterotonic diterpenes of M. tomentosa.
Aphrodisiac herbs available
over the counter
These include maca, butea superba, cnidium monnieris,
tribulus terrestris extract, mucuna pruriens, horny goat weed, avena
sativa, LJ100, muira puama, catuaba, ginger, cistanches, and yohimbe bark
extract.
I am a secondary author on a paper about montanoa tomentosa. Because of this, I have some extra if you'd like to personally try it. My hesitation with making this plant widely known, is that it is an endangered plant and certainly has the potential of "catching on" which could be really bad environmentally. We are trying to grow it in Arizona, but it will be a few years before we have anything to report with that.