ANTISPERMATIC ACTIVITY OF AZADIRACHTA-INDICA LEAVES IN ALBINO-RATS

Authors
SHAIKH PD MANIVANNAN B PATHAN KM KASTURI M AHAMED RN
Citation
Pd. Shaikh et al., ANTISPERMATIC ACTIVITY OF AZADIRACHTA-INDICA LEAVES IN ALBINO-RATS, Current Science, 64(9), 1993, pp. 688-689
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Current Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00113891
Volume
64
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
688 - 689
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-3891(1993)64:9<688:AAOALI>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Dry powder of the leaves of Azadirachta indica at the dose level of 20 mg, 40 mg and 60 mg/rat/day for 24 days results in a decrease in the weight of seminal vesicle and ventral prostate, a decrease in the sper m count, sperm motility and relative percentage of normal sperm and an increase in the forward velocity of the sperm. The observations sugge st that the leaves of A. indica are deleterious to the fertilizing abi lity of the sperm.