Aphrodisiac normally consists of what chemicals?

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The discussion centers on the chemical composition of aphrodisiacs and their mechanisms of action, exploring both hormonal and non-hormonal influences on libido. Participants reference various substances and their effects, touching on theoretical and practical aspects of aphrodisiac preparations.

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  • Exploratory, Technical explanation, Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant suggests that aphrodisiacs stimulate hormones and may consist of cholesterol derivatives, noting the variability in chemical compositions across different preparations.
  • Another participant references a specific hormone, PT-141, and mentions the non-hormonal drug Viagra, highlighting its active ingredient, sildenafil citrate.
  • A participant asserts that testosterone increases libido in both sexes, contributing to the hormonal discussion.

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Participants express differing views on the specific chemicals involved in aphrodisiacs and their mechanisms, indicating that multiple competing perspectives exist without a clear consensus.

Contextual Notes

There is a lack of detailed definitions and assumptions regarding the types of aphrodisiacs discussed, and the references to hormones and drugs may depend on specific contexts or individual responses.

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aphrodisiac normally consists of what chemicals ?
how it works ?
 
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It stimulates hormones, so based on somewhat cholesterine derivative. But this is very brief knowledge. The nature of chemicals can change as there may be theoretically hundreds of aphrodisiac-effective preparations, but it has to do with hormones anyway, especially testosterone for males, and estrogene for females.
 
Hi,

This case is hormon-controlled case as specified in the topic above. Here this website references a hormone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PT-141

Also, a well known non-hormone drug "viagra", whose active material is sidenafil citrate (you can find this even in lots of spam mails :) )
 
Testosterone actually increases libido in both sexes.

- Warren
 

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