The chemical composition of anemone palmata and its effects on the reproductive characteristics of rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus)
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2021-12-13
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University of Oum El Bouaghi
Abstract
For centuries, plants and plant-based products have been used as a valuable and safe natural source of medicin treating various ailments
In Algeria, plants have been identified to have medicinal importance Algerian herbal plants afford the trado-me practitioner best opportunities in the selection of herbs for various human and animal diseases.
Anemone palmata belongs to family of Ranunculaceae is an important indigenous east algeria herbal plants unique medicinal properties commonly used throughout its area of ChebketSellaoua (South of Oum El Bouagh leaves of anemone palmate contains following compounds( secondary metabolites ) : alkaloids, flavc ,triterpanoids, tannin, anthocyanins.
Twelve sexually mature (Oryctolagus Cuniculus) rabbits were used to evaluate the influence of (Anemone pal on the reproductive characteristics of rabbits were divided into four groups and treated for 30 days with a leaf ex Graded dosages of the extracts were essigned to the groupe as follows: 50mg/kg, 100mg/kg, 200mg/kg for groups D respectively Groupe A rabbits served as control were given distilled water. Thereafter spermiogram (mass act progressive motility, live dead and morphology, sperm cell concentration and speed) was evaluated. Rabbits treated with extracts of anemone palmata at 200mg/kg body weight had the highest sperma concentration compared with other group s A, B, C At dosage 200mg/kg highest
sperm motility was observed compared with other groups Oral administration of A.palmata extracts at a 200mg/kg and after a histological study caused a increase in the number of spermatocytes and spermatids and m spermatozoids and decrease in the percentage of empty seminiferous tubules
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Anemone palmata; Ranunculaceae; Oryctolagus Cuniculus; Chebket Sellaoua ; Spermiogram