Anti-fertility effects of embelin in female Sprague-Dawley rats may be due to suppression of ovarian function
2005
Wango, E. O.
Effects of embelin on oestrous cycle, plasma levels of progesterone and oestradiol, and <i>in vitro</i> production of oestradiol and progesterone by mixed ovarian cells was studied. Forty adult (4 months old) regularly cycling female Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into four groups of 10 rats each. Groups I and II (controls) were given 1 ml/kg body weight of physiological saline or corn oil (vehicle). Groups III and IV received 10 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg body weight embelin in corn oil, respectively. Emberlin disrupted the oestrous cycles in Groups III and IV animals, and there was a significant depression in plasma oestradiol (p<0.05) and progesterone (p<0.02) at both 10 and 20 mg/kg body weights, respectively. Isolated mixed ovarian cells from embelin treated rats produced significantly less progesterone and estradiol than controls <i>in vitro</i>. It is concluded that embelin probably interferes with reproductive functions in female rats by suppressing ovarian production of sex steroid hormones.
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