Combined Funtumia africana and Abutilon mauritianum Extract Improves Haematological and Antioxidant Parameters in Androgen-Induced Prostate Hyperplasia in Rats
Publish place: Avicenna Journal of Medical Biochemistry، Vol: 10، Issue: 1
Publish Year: 1401
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Abstract:
Background: Benign prostatic hyperplasia is one of the most common medical conditions affecting ageing
men, and many available drugs have not yielded the desired outcome. This has prompted the applications of
phytomedicines for its treatment, and combined Funtumia africana and Abutilon mauritianum leaves have
been found effective in its treatment. However, there is no information on its effects on the haematological
and biochemical parameters.
Objectives: This study assessed the effects of combined Funtumia africana and Abutilon mauritianum
(CFAAM) leaves on haematological and antioxidant parameters of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH)
induced rats.
Methods: The study was divided into ۵ groups with ۶ rats in each group. Group ۱ contained the standard
control, while group ۲ comprised BPH-induced rats that received no treatment. Group ۳ had BPH induced
rats treated with ۵ mg/kg Finasteride, whereas groups ۴ and ۵ consisted of BPH induced rats treated
with ۲۰۰ and ۶۰۰ mg/kg body weight of CFAAM, respectively. BPH in the rats was induced by daily
subcutaneous administration of ۵ mg/kg testosterone propionate over a period of ۲۸ days, while treatments
with either Finasteride or CFAAM were via the oral route.
Results: The obtained results showed a significant (P<۰.۰۵) decline in the haemoglobin (Hb), red blood
cell (RBC), packed cell volume (PCV), and platelet counts in the BPH-induced untreated rats compared
to the normal control. Glutathione peroxidase (GPx), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and
glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities also declined significantly (P<۰.۰۵) in the BPH-induced rats
compared to the normal control. Further, treatment with CFAAM significantly reversed the observed
haematological and antioxidant anomalies in the BPH induced rats, but their total white blood cell (WBC)
and differential WBC count values were not significantly altered (P>۰.۰۵).
Conclusion: These findings suggested that CFAAM maintains a healthy haematological profile and improves
the levels of antioxidant parameters under BPH conditions; furthermore, it may be of value in the search for
new agents for inhibiting the development and progression of BPH.
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Authors
Uroko Robert Ikechukwu
Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria, PMB ۷۲۶۷
Ijioma Solomon Nnah
Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria, PMB ۷۲۶۷
Chukwu Charles Nnanna
Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria, PMB ۷۲۶۷
Ajah Obinna
Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria, PMB ۷۲۶۷