Pro-fertility effects of hydroalcoholic extract of Psidium guajava leaves in female Wistar rats

Autor:	Solomon Tsekohol Agu, Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan, Hyacinth Adakole Abu, Saleh Adamu Abwage
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Psidium Pregnancy Fetus media_common.quotation_subject Physiology Fertility Ovary Biology medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Complementary and alternative medicine Oral administration Placenta medicine Corpus luteum reproductive and urinary physiology media_common
Zdroj:	Advances in Traditional Medicine. 23:105-109
ISSN:	2662-4060 2662-4052
DOI:	10.1007/s13596-021-00579-2
Popis:	Psidium guajava is a renowned plant used by African traditional medical practitioners because of its numerous therapeutic benefits but little is known of its positive effects on female fertility. The Pro-fertility effects of hydroalcoholic extract of Psidium guajava leaves in female Wistar rats were investigated in the present study. Four (4) groups of five (5) rats each were used for the study. Group A is the control received” Tween 20®”. Groups B, C, and D rats received 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight of the hydroalcoholic extract of P. guajava (HEPG) leaves respectively for 19 days. The rats were laparatomised on day 20 and the number of corpora lutea of pregnancy, number of live fetuses, the weight of the fetuses and placentae as well as the postcoital fertility index were recorded. Oral administration of HEPG leaves from day 1–19 significantly (P
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