Author:
Muhaned Sachit, Sarah Abbas Obaid and Makarim Hisham Mohammed
Page: 42-47
Published online: 08 Jul 2024
https://doi.org/acejphcm.2024.42.47
One of the medicinal plants frequently used to manage health with male fertility is Typha capensis. The aim of the present study was to investigate at how it impacted fertility in a rat model of cadmium‐induced infertility. In this experiment, 30 male rats weighing 150 to 250 g were employed. The animals divided into five groups, six male rat of each as; group A: was treated with 0.5ml normal saline solution only. Group B: treated with CdCl2 (2.5mg/kg) and 0.5 ml of normal saline (NaCl2 0.9%) solution served as control group. Group C: treated with CdCl2 (2.5mg/kg) plus T. capensis extract at 120 mg/kg. Group D: treated with CdCl2 (2.5mg/kg) plus T. capensis extract at 200 mg/kg and Group E: CdCl2 (2.5mg/kg) plus T. capensis extract at 400 mg/kg. Gavage was used once a day for 28 days to treat the animals orally. The animals were sacrificed through carbon dioxide sedation after 28 days. The testes and epididymis were harvested through an abdominal midline incision. All clinging tissues were removed, the swollen dried the weights were taken promptly. Histological assessment of the samples was conducted. the absolute weight of testes and epididymis of experimental animals improved by treating with T. capensis significantly (p