Solid organic: men are turned on by the amber of rotten eggs

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Italian scientists working on an alternative to Viagra have come to some pretty curious conclusions. It turns out that it is not the aromas of various exotic incenses that excite men most effectively, but much more prosaic smells. In particular, hydrogen sulfide, a foul-smelling gas that smells of rotten eggs, has been found to play a key role in erections.

Scientists claim that hydrogen sulfide plays a key role in the development of an erection. The material for the study of Italian doctors was the genitals of eight men who underwent gender reassignment surgery in an Italian hospital.

Earlier, American physiologists proved that ordinary hydrogen sulfide H2S dilates blood vessels very well. And this mechanism can be used to regulate blood pressure. However, how effective such treatment will be is not yet clear. First, it is not known if hydrogen sulfide deficiency is an important cause of high blood pressure in humans. And secondly, the low solubility of the gas makes it difficult to deliver it to the vessels.

Hydrogen sulfide is formed during the biological breakdown of sulfur-containing substances. It turns out that a certain amount of this gas is released before sexual intercourse in the most important neurocytes, which are responsible for erectile function, writes the website "Inopress", citing the newspaper The Independent.

Scientists intend to use this chemical mechanism to create an alternative to Viagra, which is based on a similar effect from nitric oxide. Although both substances function as "cellular mediators", about a third of men with erectile dysfunction are immune to nitric oxide. The discovery of Italian scientists should help them.

“In the future, it should be possible to create drugs that will either contain hydrogen sulfide or control its production,” Professor Giuseppe Crino from the University of Naples told The Independent.