Can fadogia cause a partial decrease in Testi function? Study inside. Thoughts?

[john10960]

I dont know how much this has been gone over or if any conclusion was made but wondering what you guys think? Study is here.

J Ethnopharmacol. 2008 Jan 17;115(2):288-92. Epub 2007 Oct 9.
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Effects of oral administration of aqueous extract of Fadogia agrestis (Schweinf. Ex Hiern) stem on some testicular function indices of male rats.

Yakubu MT, Akanji MA, Oladiji AT.

Medicinal Plants Research Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515 Ilorin, Nigeria.

AIM OF THE STUDY: The effects of administration of aqueous extract of Fadogia agrestis (Schweinf. Ex Hiern) stem on some testicular function indices of male rats (Rattus norvegicus) and their recovery potentials for 10 days were investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Rats were grouped into four: A, B, C and D where A (the control) received orally 1ml of distilled water (the vehicle), B, C and D (the test groups) received orally on daily basis graded doses of 18, 50 and 100mg/kg body weight of the plant extract, respectively, for 28 days. RESULTS: Compared with the control, extract administration for 28 days at all the doses resulted in significant increase (P<0.05) in percentage testes-body weight ratio, testicular cholesterol, sialic acid, glycogen, acid phosphatase and gamma-glutamyl transferase activities while there was significant decrease (P<0.05) in the activities of testicular alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, glutamate dehydrogenase and concentrations of protein. Recoveries were made by the animals on some of the testicular function indices mainly at 18mg/kg body weight. CONCLUSIONS: The alterations brought about by the aqueous extract of Fadogia agrestis stem are indications of adverse effects on the male rat testicular function and this may adversely affect the functional capacities of the testes. The recovery made at the dose of 18mg/kg body weight as used in folklore medicine suggests that it does not exhibit permanent toxicity at this dose.

PMID: 18023305 [PubMed - in process]

Thoughts?

[alwaysgaining]

I'm not sure but I think the study is just telling you that its works and all the makers they look at were raised and lower showering that in fact that the extract was causing some parts to rise and some to lower affecting your balls functions

[Milas]

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[JudgementDay]

Hmmm interesting...

[MidwestBeast]

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Definitely not bad. In fact, quite the contrary

[RickRock13]

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This link will give you the truth, which ironically is nearly the opposite as stated here

[TheDarkHalf]

What is with the anti-fadogia campaign right now...seeing lots of negative threads on the topic....