Researchers produce Viagra alternative from walnuts (Star Online)
Jun 3rd, 2025 by Viviane
PETALING JAYA: It may sound nutty, but walnuts may just be the remedy for erectile dysfunction.
Potent little pill: Prof Kim showing an “N-Hanz” tablet and the type of the walnuts that are used to produce it. It takes 3.3kg of walnuts to produce enough extracts for one tablet.
Developed by a team of researchers at Universiti Malaya (UM) for the past two years, a tablet containing walnut extract has shown potential as a local alternative to Viagra.
One of the researchers, UM Faculty of Medicine Physiology Department lecturer Prof Dr Kim Kah Hwi, said that so far 40 volunteers had tried the tablet and responded positively. (more. . . )
[via BoingBoing]