Experiment 1212319
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Stryphnodendron polyphyllum (FABACEAE) |
| Citation | PETERS,VM: DO CARMO,PS: GUERRA,MDO:. (1985). ABSENCE OF THE EFFECT OF BARBATIMAO (STRYPHNODENDRON POLLIPHYLLUM M.) ON THE WEIGHT OF REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS OF ADULT MALE RATS AND THE PRODUCTION OF VIABLE SPERMATOZOA.. 2(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | RATS WERE STARVED FOR 6 HRS AND THEN RECEIVED EITHER 10 SEEDS OR CONTINUED TO BE STARVED FOR 3 MORE HRS. AFTER 3 HRS THE SEEDS WERE COUNTED BUT NO INFORMATION WAS GIVEN AS TO HOW MANY, IF ANY, WERE EATEN. FIVE DAYS LATER, BODY AND ORGAN WEIGHTS WERE DETERMINED AND CAUDAL EPIDYDIMAL SPERM WERE EXAMINED. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE REPORTED WAS AN INCREASED TESTICULAR WEIGHT(ABSOLUTE) IN THE TREATED GROUPS BUT NO DIFFERENCE IN RELATIVE WEIGHT. THE PERCENTAGE OF LIVE SPERM WAS LOW IN BOTH GROUPS; 13.45%(CONTROL) AND 17.15%(TREATED). CONSIDERING THE "DOSAGE REGIMEN" IT WOULD SEEM INAPPROPRIATE TO EVALUATE THE RESULTS OF THESE STUDIES AS EITHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. |
| Dose amount | 10.0 SEEDS |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | EQUIVOCAL |
| Animal | RAT |
| Per unit | ANIMAL |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEEDS |
| Gender | MALE |