Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jan 26, 2026

Production of Haploid Zebrafish Embryos by In Vitro Fertilization
Published on: July 14, 2014
Natural products in regulation of male fertility
Raghav Kumar Mishra1, Shilpi Singh1, Shio Kumar Singh1
1Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Abstract:
Medicinal plants may prove useful in developing plant-based strategies for regulation of male fertility. The present review describes the antifertility potential of certain medicinal plants, viz. Azadirachta indica, Curcuma longa, Allamanda cathartica and Bacopa monnieri in Parkes (P) male mice. The results suggested that treatment with the aqueous extracts of these plants caused reversible suppression of spermatogenesis and fertility in P mice and that there were no signs of detectable toxicity in treated mice. Further research needs to be done to develop plant-based strategies for control of male fertility.
Related Concept Videos
Fertilization
In Vitro Fertilization
The IVF process begins with ovarian stimulation, during which reproductive endocrinologists prescribe hormonal medications to stimulate the ovaries to produce multiple eggs instead of the single...
Infertility in Males
What is Natural Selection?
Nature and Nurture
Master Transcription Regulators

