Effect of Nigella sativa on Testosterone Level in Albino Rats Treated with Doxorubicin
Ashok Kumar
Department of Anatomy, Shaheed Mohtrmma Benazir Bhutto Medical College, Pakistan.
Sadia Sundus *
Department of Anatomy, Iqra Medical & Dental College, Pakistan.
Ata-Ur-Rehman .
Department of Pharmacology, Hamdard college of Medicine & Dentistry, Pakistan.
Sarwat Fatmee
Department of Anatomy, Fatima Jinnah Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Muhammad Imran
Department of Pharmacy, Iqra university, Pakistan.
Safia Naz
Department of Pharmacy, Iqra university, Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Objective: To measure the influence of Nigella sativa on testosterone level of albino rats treated with doxorubicin
Study Design: Investigational study.
Place of Study: Animal House, JPMC, Karachi,
Materials and Methods: This study was accompanied on 3-4 months old, 40 albino rats, in the animal house of BMSI, Anatomy department, Karachi for 5 weeks were taken for this study and distributed into 4 groups, A1, A2, A3 &A4. A1 served as control, A2 receive Doxorubicin 3 mg/kg /week intraperitonealy, A3 receive extract of Nigella sativa 1000mg/kg daily orally along with Doxorubicin 3 mg / kg /week intraperitonealy and A4 receive extract of Nigella sativa 1000mg/kg daily orally. At completion of study, animals were sacrifice and tissues were preserved for staining.
Time of Study: The time of study was 35 days.
Results: In A2 serum Testosterone was markedly decreased, i.e 3.093+0.091 ng/ml as compared to A1 though serum levels were extremely substantial raise in A3 when compared with A2. This shows amended role of Nigella sativa on Doxorubicin induced kidney.
Conclusion: This study reveals that Nigella sativa amended the serum levels of testosterone of doxorubicin induced kidney.
Keywords: NS(Nigella sativa), TQ (thymoquinone), folkoric, n (number), ng (nanogram).