Researchers validate herbal cure for male infertility from mosquito-coil.
You’ve probably had some anxiety over whether radiation from cell phones and laptops is lowering sperm count, making men infertile. You might also have heard that scientists are discovering that chemicals used in everyday products may contribute to a reduction in male fertility.
Years of research have unveiled a number of chemicals linked to infertility in
men.

Several studies have associated certain chemicals with male infertility, including insecticides, flame retardants and chemicals in laundry detergents, saying that they affect hormonal systems in ways that may lead to reduced sperm count, motility, or quality; result in undescended testicles and deformities of the penis; and contribute to testicular cancer.

Despite the alarming increase in male infertility, researchers have substantiated many herbs that can be used to reverse effects of chemicals on fertility. The herb’s effect directly impart sperm quality, so ultimately resulting in improved pregnancy rates.

The latest on the list is Croton zambesicus. Scientists at the College of Medicine, Lagos State University, Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria suggested that aqueous extract of Croton zambesicus can help to reverse the toxic effect of allethrin-based mosquito coil in men.

The scientists, in the study, which show the protective effects of the
medicinal plant on allethrin-induced toxicity on the testis, indicated that its
aqueous extract can help to alleviate the effect of mosquito coil containing
allethrin on men’s chances of fathering a child.

There are several measures taken to reduce malaria incidence at the
community level. But individual, personal protection against mosquito bite is
the first line of action. This includes the use of cost effective insecticides
such as mosquito coil, especially in developing nations such as Nigeria.
The active component of mosquito coil is allethrin and it accounts for
between 0.3 and 0.4 per cent of coil mass.

All pesticides are toxic to humans and symptoms such as nausea, dizziness
and headache have been evident in male animals exposed to between 0.01
and1.98 ìg/m3 allethrin for more than half an hour. Also the toxic effect of
allethrin has been vastly reported and the gonad is one of the main target for
environmental toxins.

Croton zambesicus is a shrub or small tree about to 16 m high. It is widely
distributed in tropical Africa. It has a scaly bark and silvery leaves, rusty-
scaly below, and has an attractive appearance. In Nigeria, it is called àje kò
bale in Yoruba or Koriba or Icen maser in Hausa.
It is used in the treatment of malaria, ulcer, cancer, constipation, diabetes,
bleeding and digestive problems.
In carrying out the study, the researchers made an extract of the herb from
its dried, powdered leaves that was first macerated in water and then boiled
for 15 minutes before it was allowed to cool.

Thirty male wistar rats aged between eight and 10 weeks participated in the
study to see the effect of the herbal extract on their reproductive organs. The
rats in group A served as the control group and were treated orally with 2.5
ml/kg body weight/daily of distilled water for 16 weeks.
The rats in group B was exposed via whole body inhalation to the commercially available mosquito coil smoke for eight hours daily for 16 weeks consecutively. The rats in group C was exposed to mosquito coil smoke via whole body inhalation for eight hours and subsequently treated with 200 mg /kg body weight of aqueous extract of Croton zambesicus for 16 weeks consecutively.

The 2013 study entitled “Tackling Infertility With Medicinal Plant: Another
Instance” was published in the Global Journal of Medicinal Plant Research. It
was carried out by Akunna G.G.; Saalu L.C.; Ogunlade B and Akingbade
A.M., all from the Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Lagos State
University, Ikeja.

The researchers found that the percentage sperm motility of the treated group
was significantly higher compared to the untreated model group and
comparable with that of the control group.
They wrote: “Treatment with aqueous extract of Croton zambesicus post
mosquito coil exposure averted the derangement in sperm parameters with
the values comparable to that of the control. This could be as a result of the
antioxidative properties of Croton zambesicus.”
Globally, infertility affects about 50 to 80 million couples at some point of
their reproductive lives with a variety of biological and behavioral
determinants. The beneficial role of medicinal plants in the treatment of male
infertility has been numerously indicated and various medicinal plants ranging
from Quassia amara (commonly called Bitter wood), Terminalia catappa
(almond fruit), Ricinus communis (castor plant or castor oil plant) and bitter
leave have been implicated.
Fortunately, several countries in the world are gifted with plant biodiversity,
and there is currently an emanating awareness about the significance of plant
remedies in health care delivery system. In many parts of the world, efforts
are now being aimed at investigating therapeutic efficacy of locally available
herbal plants.

When we contacted the lead researcher who is currently a faculty member at the Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi State, he has this to say " A lot of us has has important research t research proposal that will benefit the world but unfortunately the funding is not there. Someone like me for example has some probable answer for testicular cancer. In fact, with with just 2 million naira we could be looking at answer for testicular cancer in the 18 months. Its just unfortunate".

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