Avaliação da capacidade de alteração reprodutiva do extrato bruto alcaloídico de Aspidosperma pyrifolium (Apocinacea) em ratas wistar prenhe

Abstract

The ingestion of toxic plants is an important cause of problems related to health status of herds cattle, goat and sheep, affecting different areas of animal health, one of the playback. Many plants are capable, when ingested to cause diseases in ruminants, affecting many different organs and systems, including the reproductive system. This experiment aimed to evaluate the ability to change reproductive crude extract alkaloids of Aspidosperma pyrifolium in pregnant wistar rats. We used 18 pregnant rats were divided into three experimental groups of 06 animals each, according to treatment received by gavage from the first until the twentieth day of pregnancy, namely: Group I (EP) - treated animals with the placebo extract (01 ml of water / day); Group II (ECA1) – treated animals with concentrated extract alkaloids of Aspidospema pirifolium at a concentration of 0.002 mg / ml; Group III (ACE2) - treated animals with concentrated extract alkaloids of Aspidospema pirifolium at a concentration of 0.004 mg / ml. Significant increase in weight in the animals of group (I) and a relative increase in the animals of group (II), whereas the amines of the group (III) showed no significant change in weight during pregnancy. At 20 days of pregnancy on the number of fetuses, were observed the following results: Group I: average of 4.33 fetuses / female: Group II: average of 1.33 fetuses / female and Group III: average of 0.00 fetuses / female (females without fetuses). It is concluded that the concentrated extract alkaloids of Aspidospema pirifolium modifying reproduction of rats when administered from 1st to 20th day of pregnancy, causing weight loss in rats and decrease the number of fetuses (concentration 0.002 mg / ml) and weight loss and absence of fetuses (concentration 0.004 mg / ml).