The Journal of Phytopharmacology 2023; 12(3):182-188 ; DOI:10.31254/phyto.2023.12306
Effects of a recipe based on three leafy vegetables consumed in Brazzaville on the reproductive function of the wistar rat
Peneme BML1 , Miamb LR1 , Etou Ossibi AW1 , Lepondo D1 , Akassa H1 , Abena A1
1. Experimental Pharmacodynamics and Pathophysiology Laboratory, Faculty of Science and Technology, Marien NGOUABI University, B.P. 69, Brazzaville, Congo
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Received: 16th April, 2023 / Accepted: 22nd June, 2023 / Published : 30th June, 2023
Spinacia oleracea, Amaranthus hybridus of the Chenopodiaceae family and Brassica campestris of the Brassicaceae family are vegetables consumed in Brazzaville for their nutritional virtues. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of the recipe based on these three leafy vegetables on reproductive functions. The recipe at doses of 250, 500 and 1000 mg/Kg was administered to male and female rats. The aphrodisiac effects of the recipe in males were evaluated on the numbers of sexual mounts, erections, ejaculations, and latency time; and the estrogenic activities in females, based on the variation of the sexual cycle, the state of the vaginal meatus and the cervical mucus. On acute toxicity, the results show that the aqueous extract (EA) of the recipe does not alter the general condition and behaviour of mice, and no mortality was recorded. In male rats the 500 mg/Kg recipe extract significantly increased the number of sexual mounts, erections, and ejaculations; and decreased the latency time. In females, the 500 mg/kg dose of the extract caused blocking of the cycle in oestrus and pro-oestrus, with increased cervical mucus and vaginal opening. Estradiol levels were also increased. The flavonoids, saponosides and steroids observed in this extract could be responsible for the effects observed on the sexual parameters studied in male and female rats.
Amaranthus hybridus, Brassica campestris, Spinacea oleacea, Plant extract, Sexual Parameters
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Peneme BML, Miamb LR, Etou Ossibi AW, Lepondo D, Akassa H, Abena A. Effects of a recipe based on three leafy vegetables consumed in Brazzaville on the reproductive function of the wistar rat. J Phytopharmacol 2023; 12(3):182-188. doi: 10.31254/phyto.2023.12306
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