RETENTION OF TESTICULAR INTEGRITY AND TESTOSTERONE LEVELS UPON INGESTION OF GARLIC CLOVES (ALLIUM SATIVUM) IN THE SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RAT

Objective: To investigate the effects of acute and chronic aqueous garlic extract ingestion on testicular cellular integrity and serum testosterone levels.Methods: Twenty (20) male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing an average of 120 g were used.Animals were divided into three groups.Group A served as control (10 rats for 28 and 56 d respectively), while

Lagerstroemia is a native plant in China, which has been cultivated for more than 1 500 years.It is an excellent summer flower woody plant, and is widely used in urban landscaping because of its beautiful color, long flowering period and the advantage of purifying air.The germplasm resources of Neck Wrap Lagerstroemia indica are extremely rich.Ther