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1: Reprod Toxicol. 2004 Aug-Sep;18(6):819-23.Click here to read Links

Reproductive evaluation of aqueous crude extract of Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae) in Wistar rats.

Dalsenter PR, Cavalcanti AM, Andrade AJ, Araújo SL, Marques MC.

Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba/PR, Brazil. pdalsenter@ufpr.br

The present study was conducted to evaluate the toxicity of the exposure to the aqueous extract from leaves (AE) of Achillea millefolium L. on reproductive endpoints in Wistar rats. Adult male rats were treated daily with yarrow extract (0.3, 0.6 and 1.2 g/kg/day) during 90 days by oral gavage. Endpoints including reproductive organ weights, sperm and spermatid numbers as well as sperm morphology were evaluated. No clinical signs of toxicity were detected over the treatment period, and body weight gain was similar in all groups. A significant increase in the percentage of abnormal sperm in the group treated with the highest dose of yarrow extract was detected with no other important changes in the other reproductive endpoints studied in the male rats. Furthermore, a possible estrogenic/antiestrogenic activity of the yarrow extract screened after a 3-day treatment of immature female rats which did not show any uterotrophic effects.

PMID: 15279880 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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