Methanolic whole plant extract of Biophytum sensitivum modifies the testicular damage in Streptozotocin induced diabetic rats

Pallab Kalita

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Methanolic whole plant extract of Biophytum sensitivum modifies the testicular damage in Streptozotocin induced diabetic rats

Sexual abnormalities are common in streptozotocine induced diabetic rats. In diabetic animals, histopathological and histomorphometric alterations occur in seminiferous tubules as which increases apoptosis in testicular germ cells. Values of sperm count, motility percentage and sperm vitality percentage gradually decrease in diabetic male rats. The whole plant extract of Biophytum sensitivum showing some prominent result against all the alteration of testicular damage.

Author(s): Pallab Kalita

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