دراسة تجريبية لتاثير β -Sitosterol على مستوى الهرمونات الذكرية

Experimental Study For The Effect of β- Sitosterol on the level of Male, s hormones

The effect of β-Sitosterol to the levels of male, s hormones was carried out in sera of adult male rabbit, twenty eight of local rabbite, weigh aging range between (800-1500)g. The animals was divided randomly into 4 groups (7 rabbits in each group) . The control wene treated orally corn oil but the Three groups G1,G2 and G3 wene treated orally with (40,60,80) mg/kg of β-Sitosterol respectively for a period of 30 days. Their sera were taken so as to conducting the biochemical tests, including the estimate of testosterone hormone ,Lutein hormone ,Follice stimulating hormone and estradiol hormone . The results showed that the LH hormone level was significantly increased in sera of G2andG3 as compared with control group, while the FSH level did not show any significant differences compared with control group, whereas the control group. The estradiol hormone level did not show any significant changes in sera of all groups under testosterone hormone level showed a significant decrease in sera of G1 and G3 compared with investigation , The effect of β-sitosterol on the testicle tissue had showed that there were necrosis and vaculation between seminiferous tubules with the deposition of fibrin between and within the seminiferous tubules in the transaction in all groups treated with β-sitosterol .