Effect of Ethanolic Extract of Different Parts of Plant (Annona Squamosa) on the Fertility of Male Rats

Abstract

Plants, since ancient times, have been used globally across the civilizations as valuable, safe and natural agents of therapeutic, industrial and environmental utilities. From the inception of civilization, humans have relied on plants for their basic necessities like food, shelter, clothing, fuel and health. Of all the uses ascribed to the plants, the curative abilities of plants play an inevitable part as plants sometimes comprise sole source for healing ailments for some civilizations. Plants have also been explored for population control (Annona squamosa) is reported to posses various medicinal effects like insecticidal, antiovulatory and abortifacient. The present study therefore reports the effect of ethanolic effect of leaves, bark and seeds on the fructose level in testis, vas deferens and seminal vesicles, sperm count and sperm motility in rats.