Effect of green tea camellia sinensis (l.)‎ on sperm criteria in testes and epidydimis of rats

Abstract EN

This study aimed to evaluate the probable effect of hot aqueous extract of green tea Camellia sinensis L.

leaves on sperm characteristics of adult albino rats.Animals administrated orally of (0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 mg /ml) of plant extract for 30 days.

The result indicated that there was significant (p‹0.05) decrease body weight in 0.75 mg /ml, increased weight of testes in 0.5, 0.75 mg /ml group, and the weight of epidydimis was increased significantly (p‹0.05) in 0.25 mg/ml only compared with control group .Sperm concentration in testes and epidydimis decreased significantly (p‹0.05) in 0.75 mg /ml only concentration in compared with control group.

Grade degree of sperm decreased significantly (p‹0.05) in concentration of 0.5 and 0.75 mg /ml group only ,while sperm abnormality increased in 0.75 mg /ml significantly (p‹0.05).Sperm viability not changed when compared with control group