›› 2016, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (10): 2648-2654.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2016.10.020

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Effects of Water Extract from Different Parts of Betelnut on Physiological Indexes in Mice

LIU Shu-wei1, WANG Yan2, HU Jin-zhao2   

  1. 1. College of Tropical Biology and Agronomy, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Sanya 572022, China;
    2. College of Tropical Ecological Environmental Protection, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Sanya 572022, China
  • Received:2016-03-07 Online:2016-10-20 Published:2016-10-28

Abstract:

The experiment was aimed to explore the influence of water extract from fresh betelnut's different parts on physiological indexes in mice.Four-week-old and seven-week-old SPF KM mice at the weight of (18±2)g and (35±2)g were used in the experiment,respectively.48 four-week-old mice with half male and half female were randomly divided into four groups.These mice were intragastricly administered with distilled water (control group,CK),water extract from betelnut,water extract from fresh betelnut's peels and seeds once a day and were observed for 14 days to determine the survival rate,feed intake,water intake and body temperature.36 seven-week-old male mice were randomly divided into 4 groups to determine deformity rate of sperm in mice,and the intragastric administration was the same as above.The results showed that the survival rate of betelnut's seeds were 0 at the sixth day,and other treatments had no death;Compared with CK,the experimental treatments' feed intake and water intake were reduced,and they were the lowest in the betelnut's seeds treatment and had significant difference with other treatments (P<0.05),the betelnut treatment took the second place.All the treatments' body temperature were lower than CK,and the peels treatment's body temperature was the most stable one and was similar to CK(P>0.05),the body temperature in the betelnut's seeds treatment was the lowest and had significant difference with other treatments (P<0.05).Compared to CK,the other 3 treatments all increased sperm deformity rate of mice,the highest sperm deformity rate went to betelnut's seeds treatment (P<0.01),and betelnut treatment took the second place (P<0.01),then was the peels treatment (P<0.05),moreover,there were extremely significant difference among these 3 treatments (P<0.01).The results showed that the water extract from fresh betelnut's seeds had the greatest influence on mice,then was the water extract from betelnut,while the impact of water extract from fresh betelnut's peels was less.

Key words: fresh betelnut; mice; body temperature; sperm deformity

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