Carica papaya seed extract slows human sperm
dc.contributor.author | Ghaffarilaleh, Vahid | |
dc.contributor.author | Fisher, David | |
dc.contributor.author | Henkel, Ralf | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-18T14:19:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-18T14:19:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.description.abstract | Ethnopharmacological relevance: Traditional healers use Carica papaya seeds as a remedy for diseases and as a contraceptive for men and abortion in women. Material and methods: Semen samples from 35 healthy men were allowed to liquefy and subsequently incubated for 60 min in Human Tubular Fluid medium containing 1% bovine serum albumin with aqueous C. papaya seed extract at concentrations of zero, 0.025, 0.25, 2.5, 25, 250 and 2500 μg/ml. Afterwards, sperm were washed and used for assessment of capacitation and acrosome reaction, DNA fragmentation, vitality, motility, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP). Results: The extract showed no effects on straight-line velocity, linearity, straightness, beat-cross frequency and the percentage of capacitated, acrosome-reacted sperm. In contrast, vitality, total motility, progressive motility, curvilinear velocity, average-path velocity and the percentages of hyper-activated, ROS-positive and MMP-intact sperm decreased significantly (P < 0.05), while the percentage of DNA-fragmented sperm increased (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Our data show that aqueous C. papaya seed extract significantly and negatively affects sperm motility parameters crucial for fertility; and thus, poses as a likely candidate for male contraception. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Vahid Ghaffarilaleh, David Fisher & Ralf Henkel (2019) Carica papaya seed extract slows human sperm, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 241, 111972, DOI:10.1016/j.jep.2019.111972 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0378-8741 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2019.111972 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/4676 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.subject | Contraceptive | en_US |
dc.subject | Carica papaya | en_US |
dc.subject | Human sperm | en_US |
dc.subject | DNA-Fragmentation | en_US |
dc.subject | Mitochondrial membrane potential | en_US |
dc.title | Carica papaya seed extract slows human sperm | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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