The behavioral effects of Cleoma arabica aqueous extract in Wistar rat
February 19, 2022
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| Article Title: | The behavioral effects of Cleoma arabica aqueous extract in Wistar rat |
| Authors: | Boublata N. E. I., Habbachi S., Saadane F. Z., Bouzar A., Habbachi W., Benhissen S., Rebbas Khellaf, Tahraoui A |
| Affiliation: | 1Laboratory of Environmental Biosurveillance. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Badji Mokhtar Annaba 23000, Algeria
2Laboratoiry of Applied Neuroendocrinology. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Badji Mokhtar Annaba 23000, Algeria 3Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology and Nutrition in Arid and Semi-AridZones, Ibn Khaldoun -University, Tiaret, Algeria 4Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Med Boudiaf, M’Sila 28000, Algeria |
| Abstract: | Medicinal plants are used all over the world and have rapidly gained economic importance. The study was conducted to investigate the effects of the aqueous extract of C. arabica leaves on the sexual behavior of Wistar rats. C. arabica is a medicinal plant with a foul odor, toxic, and has hallucinogenic effects. The experimental study was carried out on white rats (male and female) of the Wistar strain from the Pasteur Institute of Algiers (Kouba, Algeria) weighing between 150 and 200g sexually naive. The animals are raised in polyethylene cages, the rats were divided into 4 groups (n=10 rats/group) which received a saline solution (male and female control group), 0.17 μg/ml of the aqueous extract of C. arabica leaves for 7 days orally (male and female treated group). The sexual behavior test was carried out according to four crosses types. The results of the treated groups showed a significant decrease in the mating frequency compared to the control group. Overall, the results showed that C. arabica significantly altered the sexual behavioral parameters (mounts frequency, mating time, licking time, first contact time, contacts number, intromission, latency time, and frequency). The aqueous extract of the plant caused an inconsistent decrease in the parameters of sexual behavior and orientation activity that were recorded in the treated animals. The C. arabica leaves aqueous extract caused an inconsistent decrease in the sexual behavioral parameters and orientation activity that were recorded in the treated animals. |
| Keywords: | Rattus rattus, sedative effect, sexual behavioral parameters, C.arabica |
| *Correspondence: | Boublata Nour El Iméne, Laboratory of Environmental Biosurveillance. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Badji Mokhtar Annaba 23000, Algeria, imeneboublata@gmail.com. Phone: +213 (0) 540 90 91 01 |
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