Chaturvedi M, Mali P C, Ansari A S
Vedic Women's College, Jaipur, India.
Pharmacology. 2003 May;68(1):38-48. doi: 10.1159/000068727.
A crude 50% ethanol extract of Citrullus Colocynthis Schrad was administered orally to male albino rats for evaluation of antifertility effects. The animals were divided into five groups: group A was a vehicle-treated control group; treatment groups B, C, and D received 100 mg/kg/day C. Colocynthis extract for periods of 20, 40, and 60 days, respectively, and group E animals received the extract at 100 mg/kg/day for 60 days followed by 60 days of recovery. For androgenicity evaluation of the extract, the animals were divided into four groups: group F animals were castrated 30 days before the experiment to serve as controls, and group G, H, and I were subjected to castration 30 days before the experiments, followed by administration of fruit extract (100 mg/kg/day p.o.), testosterone propionate (0.01 mg/rat/alternate day s.c.), and fruit extract along with testosterone propionate, respectively, for 30 days. Significantly reduced cauda epididymis sperm motility and density, number of pups, fertility, and circulatory levels of testosterone were observed in all treatment groups. The weights of testes, epididymis, seminal vesicle, and prostate were significantly decreased in groups B, C, and D. The weights of all organs in the different groups of the androgenicity study were markedly decreased in group F when compared with group A, in group G when compared with group F, and in group I when compared with group H, and increased in group H when compared with group F. The serum testosterone levels also showed a similar pattern. The concentration of testicular cholesterol was significantly elevated, while protein, sialic acid, acid and alkaline phosphatase concentrations were decreased. The histoarchitecture of the testes showed degenerative changes in the seminiferous epithelium, arrest of spermatogenesis at the secondary spermatocyte stage, cytolysis, and the lumen filled with eosinophilic material. Histometric parameters except Sertoli cell nuclear area and number of round spermatids showed marked alterations. All altered parameters restored to normal in group E. No changes were observed in body weight, litter size, hematology, and serum biochemistry. In conclusion, a 50% ethanol extract of C. Colocynthis showed an antiandrogenic nature, thereby reduced reversible infertility in male albino rats.
将葫芦科植物药西瓜的50%乙醇粗提物经口给予雄性白化大鼠,以评估其抗生育作用。动物被分为五组:A组为溶剂处理对照组;治疗组B、C和D分别接受100mg/kg/天的药西瓜提取物,持续20、40和60天,E组动物接受100mg/kg/天的提取物60天,随后恢复60天。为了评估提取物的雄激素活性,动物被分为四组:F组动物在实验前30天去势作为对照,G组、H组和I组在实验前30天去势,随后分别给予果实提取物(100mg/kg/天,口服)、丙酸睾酮(0.01mg/大鼠/隔日,皮下注射)以及果实提取物与丙酸睾酮联合用药,持续30天。在所有治疗组中均观察到附睾尾部精子活力和密度、幼崽数量、生育力以及睾酮循环水平显著降低。B组、C组和D组的睾丸、附睾、精囊和前列腺重量显著下降。与A组相比,雄激素活性研究不同组中F组的所有器官重量均显著下降,与F组相比G组下降,与H组相比I组下降,与F组相比H组增加。血清睾酮水平也呈现类似模式。睾丸胆固醇浓度显著升高,而蛋白质、唾液酸、酸性和碱性磷酸酶浓度降低。睾丸的组织结构显示生精上皮出现退行性变化,精子发生在次级精母细胞阶段停滞,细胞溶解,管腔充满嗜酸性物质。除支持细胞核面积和圆形精子细胞数量外,组织计量学参数均显示明显改变。E组中所有改变的参数均恢复正常。体重体重、窝仔数、血液学和血清生化方面未观察到变化。总之,药西瓜的50%乙醇提取物显示出抗雄激素性质,从而降低了雄性白化大鼠的可逆性不育。