Bharti Neha, Yadav Prity, Choudhary Sandeep Kumar, Dhaked Rajeev Kumar, Mali Pratap Chand
Reproductive Biomedicine and Natural Products Lab, Department of Zoology, Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004, India.
SMS (Plant Protection), Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Banasthali Vidyapith, Tonk, 304022, Rajasthan, India.
Biol Trace Elem Res. 2025 May 31. doi: 10.1007/s12011-025-04658-2.
The present study was designed to assess the effects of Cassia siamea leaf extract-mediated silver nanoparticles treatment on the fertility potential of male albino Wistar rats, to check their contraceptive efficacy. This plant is being traditionally used for various therapeutic purposes, including treating fever, skin diseases, hypertension, insomnia, diabetes, and asthma, as well as other pharmacological activities such as antimicrobial, antifertility, antioxidant, and analgesic properties. For this purpose, nanoparticles of the plant leaves were synthesized and characterized by different techniques as UV-Vis spectroscopic analysis, EDS, and DLS analysis. The animals were divided equally into five treatment groups, drug of 10, 20, and 30 mg/kg body weight per day was administered orally for 60 days, including group-I as control (vehicle treated) and group-V was kept at 30-day recovery period. A significant change in the reproductive organ weights, such as testes, epididymides, ventral prostate, seminal vesicles, and vas deferens, was observed at different dose levels compared to the control. Changes in sperm dynamics (motility and density) were also observed in the treated groups. Tissue biochemistry results revealed a substantial dose-dependent decrease in various parameters including protein, glycogen, cholesterol, fructose, and sialic acid in different reproductive organs, which might be silver-induced toxicity, whereas recovery groups showed a resurgence of these parameters once the doses were ceased for the following 30 days. In hormone analysis, a decrease in testosterone levels was also observed in a dose-response manner. Testosterone exhibited a correlation with the histopathological examination of the testis, revealing degenerative changes in seminiferous tubules and decreased spermatogenesis. These results support the notion that C. siamea leaf extract AgNPs possess antifertility potential and may be employed as a contraceptive.
本研究旨在评估铁刀木叶提取物介导的银纳米颗粒处理对雄性白化Wistar大鼠生育潜力的影响,以检验其避孕效果。这种植物传统上用于各种治疗目的,包括治疗发烧、皮肤病、高血压、失眠、糖尿病和哮喘,以及其他药理活性,如抗菌、抗生育、抗氧化和止痛特性。为此,通过紫外可见光谱分析、能谱分析和动态光散射分析等不同技术对植物叶片的纳米颗粒进行了合成和表征。将动物平均分为五个治疗组,每天口服10、20和30mg/kg体重的药物,持续60天,其中第一组为对照组(接受赋形剂处理),第五组为30天恢复期。与对照组相比,在不同剂量水平下观察到生殖器官重量有显著变化,如睾丸、附睾、腹侧前列腺、精囊和输精管。在处理组中还观察到精子动力学(活力和密度)的变化。组织生物化学结果显示,不同生殖器官中的各种参数,包括蛋白质、糖原、胆固醇、果糖和唾液酸,均有显著的剂量依赖性下降,这可能是银诱导的毒性作用,而恢复期组在停药30天后这些参数出现回升。在激素分析中,也观察到睾酮水平呈剂量反应性下降。睾酮与睾丸的组织病理学检查结果相关,显示生精小管出现退行性变化且精子发生减少。这些结果支持了铁刀木叶提取物银纳米颗粒具有抗生育潜力且可作为避孕药使用的观点。
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