Some Nigerian males across various geographic and socioeconomic strata employ the use of herbals such as Cissus populnea extracts. Cissus populnea (Guill & Perr): A Study of the Aqueous Extract as Potential Spermatogenic Enhancers in Male Wistar Rats. Anthony B. Ojekale, Oladipupo A . Cissus populnea Guill. & Perr. [family VITACEAE]. Herbarium. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K). Collection. Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Resource Type.
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Anthraquinones of Cissus Populnea Guill & Perr (Amplidaceae)
Methods in Enzymology, Part Avol. Both the ability to engage in sexual trysts and consequently impregnating females culturally leaves a man with a feeling of well being and massages boosts his ego.
The elevation in motility and proportion of normal sperm cells was not significant. The procured Wistar rats were housed in well ventilated cages, kept in the University animal house and allowed cissuss acclimatize in their new environment for 7 days.
Nigeria and water ad libitum under normal laboratory environmental conditions. The powdered stem bark of C. The inability of a man to either have full penetrative sex or impregnate the.
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Furthermore, the incubation of the testes tissue homogenate in the presence of FeSO 4 and SNP, respectively, caused a significant increase in the malondialdehyde MDA contents of the testes. Sperm Parameters The administration of aqueous extract of C.
Please review our privacy policy. It is also worth noting that the vitamin C content of plpulnea plant is higher than its total phenol content. Briefly, the testes was cut into 0.
West African Plants – A Photo Guide – Cissus populnea Guill. & Perr.
The animals were housed in well ventilated cages and maintained in the animal house of the Department of Biochemistry, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos for seven 7 days before the commencement of the drug treatment. There are quite a number of herbals presently available and commercially sold in the public domain in Nigeria which the manufacturers claim to enhance both libido and spermatogenesis. Determination of Total Phenolic Content The total phenolic content was determined using the method reported by Singleton et al.
The effects were also compared with Addyzoa a commercially purchased fertility enhancing polyherbal formulation. Furthermore, the reducing power of the extractable phytochemicals from Cissus populnea stem bark expressed as ascorbic acid equivalent AAE is presented in Table 3.
Thin layer chromatographic plates 10cm by 10cm were cleaned and coated with silica gel G 0. Results and Discussion 3. Lea and Febiger; European journal of epidemiology, American Journal of Medical and Biological Research3 5 HCl, few drops of FeCl 3 and refluxed on a water bath for 30 mins.
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The vitamin C content of stem bark of C. However, the consumption of foods rich in antioxidant phytochemicals may help fight degenerative diseases caused by oxidative stress by improving body’s antioxidant status. Flora of West tropical Africa. Cussus project aims at determining the type of anthraquinones from the stem bark of C.
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Endogenous antioxidants in plants may play an important role in antioxidative defense against oxidative damage [ 4 ], possibly preserving the biological functions of cells [ 5 ]. Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, Experimental Plant collection and Identification The stem of Cissus populnea were collected in Aprilin the morning from Tashar Ango, a village 60km along Zaria-Kano road.
Support Center Support Center. Economically the fruits are edible in soups. ROS can directly attack the polyunsaturated fatty acids of the cell membranes and induce lipid peroxidation. Oxidative stress results from either a decrease of natural cell antioxidant capacity or an increased amount populna reactive oxygen species ROS in organisms. Much of the effects of FSH on sperm production are exerted through actions on Sertoli cells.
This work aims at determining the type of anthraquinones from the stem bark of C.