The effect of methanolic extract of coconut meat on quality and quantity indexes of sperm in adult rats

Background: Using new potent therapeutic regimens containing natural materials in the treatment of metabolic complications can be interesting because of their multipotent potentials, safety and lower adverse and side effects. Coconut is one of the highest nutritional and medicinal value plants with various fractions which play a major role in several biological applications but there is no report about its effects oil on male reproductive function.Methods: In this study 20 adult male wistar rats were divided into 4 groups including: control and 3 treatment groups which received 100, 150 and 200 mg/kg/day methanolic extract of coconut meat (MECM) by oral gavage for 40 consecutive days. Finally animals were euthanized and their left epididymis was removed and dissected in Ham s F10 solution, incubated at 37°C and sperm motility was evaluated. Total number of sperm per ml was calculated by using a hemocytometer. Smears were prepared from the suspension, stained with eosin-nigrosin and examined for sperm viability and abnormalities by light microscope.Result: Results showed that MECM had no significant effect on total number of sperm in treated groups compared to control group but it could increase viability of sperm in a dose dependent manner significantly (p Conclusion: It can be concluded that coconut could have a beneficial effect on quality of sperm in adult male and improve male reproductive function.

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Methanolic extract ، Sperm analysis ، Coconut