TY - JOUR ID - TI - Evaluation of effect of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of Tribulus terrestris, Phoenix dactylifera and Nasturtium officinale on reproduction in male mice treated with theobromine تقييم تاثير المستخلص المائي ومستخلص الايثانول للكطب وطلع النخيل وبذور الرشاد على التكاثر في ذكور الفئران المعاملة مع الثيوبرومين AU - محيسن حسن عداي AU - امال غازي مطر PY - 2011 VL - 1 IS - 2 SP - 39 EP - 44 JO - Iraqi Journal of Embryos and Infertility Researches المجلة العراقية لبحوث الأجنة والعقم SN - 26166984 22180265 AB - Tribulus terrestris (TT), phoenix dsctifyfera (Pd> and Nasturtium officinale (No) were believed to have fertility-enhancing effects and given by herbalists in Baghdad to men who need to increase their fertility capacityobjectiveTo investigate the possibility that aqueous and ethanolic extracts of the plants mixture can counteract the adverse effect Of theobromine on reproductive system of male micmaterials and Methods:One hundred and twenty mature male mice were injected intraperitoneally with 250 mg/kg/day of theobromine for four weeks. linen the males were treated intraperitonially with different dose levels of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of a mixture of the three plants for four weeks to evaluate their effects on body weight reproductive organs weight, sperm parameters, hormones level and reproductive performance.resultsBoth extracts showed a significant enhancement in all parameters studied. Almost all these results I showed a dose dependent pattern with the ethanolic extract being the more effective than aqueous extract in all parameters.conclusionMixture of the three plants seems to counteract the action of theobromine on (he reproductive system of I male mice through enhancing the concentration and motility of spermatozoa, increasing epididymis and seminal vesicles weight which are an indicator of testosterone production which brought about the stimulation of all male reproductive organs.

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