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Fernanda Bastos de Mello1, Daniela Jacobus, Kelly Cristina Silva de Carvalho
1Departamento de Farmacologia, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av Sarmento Leite no 500 sala 202, 90046-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Abstract:
Lantana camara, widely used in folk medicine, possesses several pharmacological properties, including antipyretic, antimicrobial and antimutagenic properties. Lantana poisoning causes livestock mortality and morbidity; and also has adverse effects on humans working in lantana-infested forests, pastures or orchards. We examined the effects of a hydroalcoholic extract from Lantana camara var aculeata leaves on fertility of male rats. The extract did not interfere with overall weight or internal organ weights, but interfered with sperm count, daily sperm production and sperm morphology in a dose-dependent manner.
