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KMID : 1200820090090040339
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Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental Medicine
2009 Volume.9 No. 4 p.339 ~ p.349
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Dose dependent effect of benzene extract of Ocimum sanctum leaves on cauda epididymal spermatozoa of albino rats
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Ahmed Mukhtar
Ahamed R-Nazeer
Aladakatti RH
Ghodesawar MG
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Abstract
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An attempt has been made to assess whether the dose dependent effect of benzene extract of Ocimum sanctum leaves on the morphological changes in the cauda epididymal spermatozoa and sperm parameters in male albino rats. Scanning Electron Microscope observations illustrate the disturbance in plasma membrane as well as acrosomal membrane. Most of the sperms appear morphologically abnormal in the mid region of the tail; there is formation of balloon like cytoplasmic droplet. Sperm parametric study exhibits decrease in the total sperm count, sperm motility, forward velocity and increase in the percentage of abnormal sperms in dose dependent manner on treatment benzene extract of Ocimum sanctum leaves. The results suggest that the effects may have resulted from a general disturbance in the proteins and alteration in cauda epididymal milieu probably due to androgen deficiency consequent upon antiandrogenic property of Ocimum sanctum leaves.
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KEYWORD
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Ocimum sanctum, Cauda epididymis, Spermatozoa, Scanning Electron Microscope, Albino rats
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