Effect of operculina turpethum on body weight, organ weight and fertility of male and female albino rats

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Vasant Lokhande., Savita Nalawade and Shailaja Dombe

In the present study, the effect of Operculina turpethum on body weight, organ weight of male and female albino rats were observed. The oral administration of Operculina turpethum produced structural changes in reproductive organs in male and female rat. Histological changes revealed increasing seminiferous tubules that contain mature sperm stages. Seminal vesicles, the main supplier of sperm nutritive material showed increasing mucosal fold and epithelial lining height. From above results, it was concluded that fertility of male and female albino rats were increased due to Operculina turpethum.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2018.16381.3026
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