Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, August 7th, 2006
Study 1: DA-8159 can improve erectile dysfunction caused by diet-induced obesity.
In a recent report, researchers in South Korea conducted a study "to examine the changes in the erectile function in diet-induced obese rats and investigate the oral efficacy of DA-8159, a new phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor, on penile erection in obese rats. The rats were fed a high-energy diet for 12 weeks and divided into three groups: an obesity-resistant (OR) control group, an obesity-prone (OP) control group, and an OP-DA-8159 treatment (DA-8159) group. The...
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