Attenuation of Chronic Oxidative Stress-Induced Testicular and Epididymal Dysfunction by Oral Intake of Lepidium meyenii in New Zealand Rabbits.

• Tác giả: Mostafa G Abdelfattah, Enas Abdelhefeez, Ahmed M A Hussein, Manal T Hussein, Fatma El-Zahraa A Mustafa, Mohamed A M Sayed
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Thông tin xuất bản: Germany : Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 752491

Tóm tắt

Lepidium meyenii (Maca) is a plant that has nutritional benefits and increases the effectiveness of male reproduction. In this study, oxidative stress-exposed New Zealand rabbits were used to assess the ameliorative effects of daily Maca ingestion on testicular and epididymal tissues as well as the quality of fresh and frozen/thawed sperm. Twenty-four 40-week-old, healthy New Zealand white male rabbits were divided into four groups. The first group consumed tap water and served as a control. The second group was given 300 mg of Maca daily in capsules. The third group drank water containing hydrogen peroxide (H