FERTILITY EFFECT OF CYCAS CIRCINALIS AND IONIDIUM SUFFRUTICOSUM IN STRESS INDUCED STERILITY OF MALE WISTAR RATS

B. Senthil kumar; J. Vijaya Kumar

Volume : VI, Issue : VII, July - 2017

FERTILITY EFFECT OF CYCAS CIRCINALIS AND IONIDIUM SUFFRUTICOSUM IN STRESS INDUCED STERILITY OF MALE WISTAR RATS

B. Senthil Kumar, J. Vijaya Kumar

Abstract :

In our day to day life the stress and strains is one of the causes of male infertility. Many natural non–toxic herbs were found to enhance the fertility in male. To study the fertility effect of the herbs Cycas circinalis and Ionidium suffruticosum in stress induced infertile male albino rats. A total of 36 healthy young male albino rats were selected and are subjected to stress by immobilization for 4 hrs/ day for 14 days, to check the stress induced status serum cortisol was analyzed. Cycas and Ionidium extract 200mg/kg body weight were administered orally to the experimental albino rats. The drug�s efficacy was proved by the restitution of fertility by comp� with the normal fertile controls. The herbs were found to be effective on the gonads of stress induced sterile male albino rats and it has restituted the fertility back to normal.