ANTIFERTILITY EFFICACY OF CURCUMA LONGA (50% E to H EXTRACT) WITH SPECIAL REFERANCE TO SERUM BIOCHEMISTRY and FERTILITY TEST

Oral feeding of 50% EtOH extract of Curcuma longa to male rats at the dose of 1gm/kg body weight caused significant reduction of serum cholesterol, triglycerides and phospholipids (P≤0.01 to 0.001). Whereas the SGOT levels aware not reduced significantly. Fertility test showed 80% negative result. T...

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Autor principal: Purohit, Ashok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1999
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22556889
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Sumario:Oral feeding of 50% EtOH extract of Curcuma longa to male rats at the dose of 1gm/kg body weight caused significant reduction of serum cholesterol, triglycerides and phospholipids (P≤0.01 to 0.001). Whereas the SGOT levels aware not reduced significantly. Fertility test showed 80% negative result. The negative fertility results reflects the arrest of spermatogenesis and depletion of androgen level. Further Curcuma longa reflects antispermatogenic nature.

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