Mourad, A. (2015). EFFECT OF ETHANOLIC DATURA LEAVES EXTRACT ON STERILANT OF WHITE NORWAY RAT, RATTUS NORVEGICUS. Menoufia Journal of Plant Protection, 40(2), 483-489. doi: 10.21608/mjapam.2015.323713
A. A. Mourad. "EFFECT OF ETHANOLIC DATURA LEAVES EXTRACT ON STERILANT OF WHITE NORWAY RAT, RATTUS NORVEGICUS". Menoufia Journal of Plant Protection, 40, 2, 2015, 483-489. doi: 10.21608/mjapam.2015.323713
Mourad, A. (2015). 'EFFECT OF ETHANOLIC DATURA LEAVES EXTRACT ON STERILANT OF WHITE NORWAY RAT, RATTUS NORVEGICUS', Menoufia Journal of Plant Protection, 40(2), pp. 483-489. doi: 10.21608/mjapam.2015.323713
Mourad, A. EFFECT OF ETHANOLIC DATURA LEAVES EXTRACT ON STERILANT OF WHITE NORWAY RAT, RATTUS NORVEGICUS. Menoufia Journal of Plant Protection, 2015; 40(2): 483-489. doi: 10.21608/mjapam.2015.323713
EFFECT OF ETHANOLIC DATURA LEAVES EXTRACT ON STERILANT OF WHITE NORWAY RAT, RATTUS NORVEGICUS
Plant protection Research Institute, Agric. Res. Center, Egypt
Abstract
Abstract:The effect of ethanolic Datura leave extract, Datura stramonium, was studied on the fertility of albino rat males and teratogenic effect on the pregnant female of white Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus. Results showed that LD50 values were 116.70 mg/kg body weight. The results cleared that the treatment of male albino rats with sub-lethal doses (1/10 and 1/4 LD50) of tested extract decreased the pregnancy rate and also reduced the weight of males testes. Also, the obtained data from the treated pregnant female rats with the same sub-lethal doses have potential harmful effects on the fetuses in addition to fetal retardation of embryonic formation and development inside the uterus of the pregnant females especially in the first week followed by the second and third weeks. The resorption effects were observed inside the uterus of the pregnant female when compared with those of untreated pregnant females. Also, the tested plant extract reduced the number of newly born individuals and the weight of fetuses.