Title
Decrease in spermatic parameters of mice treated with hydroalcoholic extract Tropaeolum tuberosum “mashua”
Date Issued
01 April 2012
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
In this work, we provided a Tropaeolum tuberosum hydroalcoholic extract to male mice (780 mg kg-1) for 7, 14 and 21 days treatment, there was no significant difference in body weight gain, testes, epididymides and prostate weight (p> 0.05), nevertheless progressive motility decreased and immobile sperm count increased significantly after 21 days treatment (p <0.05). The sperm count in the epididymis cauda decreased in the 3 three assessments, concentration on 21 days treatment was significantly lower than those of 7 and 14 days treatments (p <0.05). Our results suggest, that T. tuberosum has a direct action on the male reproductive system decreasing spermatic parameters without exerting toxic effects on mice.
Start page
89
End page
93
Volume
19
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología del desarrollo
Biología reproductiva
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85016812584
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Source funding
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Sponsor(s)
This research was supported by a Grant from Vicerrectorado de Investigación (VRI), Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Project CON-CON RR. N° 00251-R-11.
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