Ulmus minor bark hydro-alcoholic extract ameliorates histological parameters and testosterone level in an experimental model of PCOS rats

Hoseinpour Mohammad Javad; Ghanbari Alireza; Azad Nahid; Zare Ali; Abdi Shabnam; Sajadi Ensieh; Abbaszadeh Hojjat-Allah; Farahani Reza Mastery; Abdollahifar Mohammad-Amin

doi:10.2478/enr-2019-0015

Endocrine Regulations (Jul 2019)

Ulmus minor bark hydro-alcoholic extract ameliorates histological parameters and testosterone level in an experimental model of PCOS rats

Hoseinpour Mohammad Javad,
Ghanbari Alireza,
Azad Nahid,
Zare Ali,
Abdi Shabnam,
Sajadi Ensieh,
Abbaszadeh Hojjat-Allah,
Farahani Reza Mastery,
Abdollahifar Mohammad-Amin

Affiliations

Hoseinpour Mohammad Javad: Young Researchers and Elite Club, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Tehran, Iran;
Ghanbari Alireza: Young Researchers and Elite Club, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Tehran, Iran;
Azad Nahid: Abnormal Uterine Bleeding Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran;
Zare Ali: Young Researchers and Elite Club, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Tehran, Iran;
Abdi Shabnam: Department of Anatomical Sciences & Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran;
Sajadi Ensieh: Department of Biology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abbaszadeh Hojjat-Allah: Department of Biology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Farahani Reza Mastery: Department of Biology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abdollahifar Mohammad-Amin: Department of Biology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/enr-2019-0015
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 53, no. 3
pp. 146 – 153

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Objective. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common and multifactorial disease associated with female factor infertility. Ulmus minor bark (UMB) is one of the medicinal plants used in Persian folklore as a fertility enhancer. In the current study, we aimed to elucidate the effect of UMB hydro-alcoholic extract on histological parameters and testosterone condition in an experimental model of PCOS rats.

Published in Endocrine Regulations

ISSN: 1336-0329 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/ENR

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