EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF RELATIVE EFFICACY OF DRUGS OF HERBAL ORIGIN ON SEXUAL PERFORMANCE AND HORMONE LEVELS IN ALCOHOL EXPOSED AND NORMAL RATS

Alcohol can affect the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis leading to i mpotence and sterility by various mechanisms of action. In this study evaluation of the effect of three herbomineral formulations, alone and as combinations was done in alcohol exposed and normal rats. The prep arations used showed beneficial effects of various degrees with respec t to the sexual behaviour of animals. There was also improvement in th e number of LH-FSH producing basophil cells in the pituitary and raise d levels of circulating testosterone. The mean sperm count was also hi gher in the drug treated animals.