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Asian Journal of Andrology
;
(6): 71-74, 2004.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-300863
ABSTRACT
<p><b>AIM</b>To study the contraceptive effect of the crude extracts of Curcuma longa in male albino rats.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Rats were fed orally with Curcuma longa aqueous and 70% alcoholic extract for 60 days (500 mg x kg(-1) x day(-1)).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>A reduction in sperm motility and density was observed in both the treated groups.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Curcuma longa may have affected the androgen synthesis either by inhibiting the Leydig cell function or the hypothalamus pituitary axis and as a result, spermatogenesis is arrested.</p>