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KM Ruby, Jaya Dwivedi and Rajani Chauhan are conferred with Louis Pasteur Research Award-2015 in Pharmacy

Jiwan Jyoti and Dr. Sukhjeet Kaur are conferred with R ichard Kuhn Research Award-2015 in Ethnobiology

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Fertility Effects Of Grewia tenax Methanolic Root Extract On Female Wistar Rats

Peter J. Kasyoki^1*, Catherine K. Kaingu², Christine O. Wangia³, Faraj O. Alkizim⁴

¹ Department of Medical Physiology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O Box

62000-00200, Nairobi Kenya

² Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, University of Nairobi, P.O Box 30197-00100,

Nairobi, Kenya

³ Department of Pharmacology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O Box 62000-00200, Nairobi Kenya

⁴ Department of Human Anatomy, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O Box 62000-00200, Nairobi Kenya

Article history:

Received: 29 July, 2021

Accepted: 28 September, 2021

Available Online: 11 March, 2022

Corresponding Author:

Peter J. Kasyoki

Peter J. Kasyoki, Catherine K. Kaingu, Christine O. Wangia, Faraj O. Alkizim are awarded with Marie Curie Research Award- 2022 in Medical Physiology

Abstract

Globally, infertility is estimated to be 8-12 percent of couples within the childbearing years, while in Kenya it is at 11.9 per cent. In ethnobotanical studies in Kenya and India, Grewia tenax, a shrub (Fam. Teliaceae), has been reported to be used as a pro-fertility herb. The objective of the current study was to determine the effects of Grewia tenax root methanol extract on fertility. The plants’ effect on estrus cycle and reproductive hormones in female wistar albino rats was evaluated. The extract significantly regularized disrupted estrus cycle compared to the negative control. The plant extract also caused increased reproductive hormone levels compared to the negative control. The plant extract has fertility enhancing potential. The plant species requires further research to establish its mechanism of action and its effect on reproductive hormone receptors to aid towards development of novel infertility treatment drug.

Keywords:

Pro-fertility, Grewia tenax, Estrus cyclicity, Reproductive hormones

Citation:

Peter J. Kasyoki, Catherine K. Kaingu, Christine O. Wangia, Faraj O. Alkizim, 2022. Fertility Effects Of Grewia tenax Methanolic Root Extract On Female Wistar Rats. International Journal of Medicinal Plants. Photon 116, 992-1001

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Haematopoietic Potential of Methanolic Leaf Extract of Pterocarpus mildbraedii in Male Wistar Rats

Fajobi A.O.^a*, Emma-Okon B.O.^b and Oyedapo O.O.^a

^a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

^b Department of Medical Biochemistry Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Article history: Received: 08 December, 2020 Accepted: 23 February, 2021 Available Online: 05 March, 2021

Keywords: Pterocarpus mildbraedii, haematopoietic potential, red cell indices, anaemia, haemoglobin

Corresponding Author: Fajobi A.O.*

Citation:

Fajobi A.O., Emma-Okon B.O. and Oyedapo O.O., 2021. Haematopoietic Potential of Methanolic Leaf Extract of Pterocarpus mildbraedii in Male Wistar Rats. International Journal of Medicinal Plants. Photon 115, 983-991